What is recorded here
Indicated is a hidden fairy fort in County Cork, Ireland. Its two earthen banks and external fosse still mark a circular area on an NE-facing slope, though overgrowth now blocks entry. The southern bank and fosse have vanished, leaving the ring incomplete beneath pasture and forgetting.
In pasture, on NE-facing slope. Circular area defined by two earthen bank swith external fosse. Outer bank and external fosse removed to S. Site inaccessible due to overgrowth.
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
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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