School: Beanntraighe (B.) (roll number 15135)
- Location:
- Bantry, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Dr. Mac Carrthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0281, Page 049
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- There are many forts in this district and some of those are at Lissaramuig, Dunbitteren, and the Fort of Cappanashloga. Lissaramuig is in the town-land of Mullagh. Dunbitteren is in the town-land of Gurteen and the Fort of Cappanashloga is in the town-land of Cappanashloga. These three forts are in view of one another and there is only about a quarter of a mile of a distance between each two of them.
Each of them is circular in shape and there is a fence around The Fort of Cappanashlogo and around Lissaramuig. There are many trees around the Dunbitteren one. There is an entrance hole in the centre of the Dunbitteren fort and also of the Liscaramuig fort. There is no entrance hole in the Fort of Cappanashloga. No one has ever gone down to explore them.
It is said the Danes built them and used them as strong-holds. Fairy people are also said to live in those forts.
There is a story told about a farmer who ploughed one of the fields in which a fort was and this is it. It is said that the owner of the land in which The Fort of Cappanashloga is, was ploughing a field on his farm one day. When suddenly his two horses were swallowed(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Diarmuid Ó Cruimín
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Clashduff, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr M. Cremin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Clashduff, Co. Cork
