What is recorded here

Fort field on a steep Cork slope: a semi-circular earthen bank, one point three metres high, curves from southwest to north through pasture. Called a fairy fort locally, it may have been an ordinary rath, but the name suggests people kept their distance or made jokes about what lived inside.

In pasture on steep S-facing slope. Semi-circular curve (SW->N) in overgrown earthen field bank (H 1.30m) respects line of enclosure. No other surface traces visible. Locally known as 'fort field'. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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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