What is recorded here

Indicated is a lost fairy fort in County Cork, Ireland. It appeared as a circular enclosure about twenty metres wide on the 1842 map, then became only a curve in a field fence before disappearing entirely into tillage on a north-facing slope. Power wrote that four lioses were once recorded nearby, with ramparts five or nine feet high, but Indicated itself left no visible trace. The land may still remember the shape of its boundary even though the fence and field have taken it back.

In tillage, on N-facing slope. Shown as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Indicated as curve in field fence on 2nd and 3rd eds OS 6-inch maps. Levelled; no visible surface trace. According to Power (1923, 181) 'The O.M. records four lioses, of which three...still survive. Two of these...with ramparts 5 feet high. The third ...is of large size, and its rampart is 9 feet high. There were two further (unrecorded) lioses, of which no trace now remains'. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.