What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort in County Cork, Ireland, where two stone circles nest inside one another on a south-facing slope. The outer wall stands eighty centimetres high while the inner bank barely rises above the grass, creating a hollow chamber that might have held breath, memory or warning. Its broken southeast gap still points toward the horizon, inviting entry into a place where human time becomes optional.

In rough grazing, on break in S-facing slope. Circular area (28.5m N-S; 29m E-W) defined by partially grass-covered stone wall (int. H 0.8m; T 2m) N->ENE; stone field boundary (H 0.65m) ENE->N overlying earlier stone wall in parts. Interior raised on S side to compensate for hillslope. Circular enclosure (13.7m N-S; 12.8m E-W) in centre; defined by grass-covered stone bank (int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.8m), broken to SE for 3m. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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