Cliff-edge fort in Barrahaurin

Shown as hachured subcircular enclosure on 1842 OS 6-inch map; D-shaped on 1904 and 1940 OS 6-inch maps. On cliff edge, on E side of Dripsey River. D-shaped area (straight side c. 30m N-S; projecting c. 18m to E) enclosed by pair of earthen banks with intervening and external fosses N->S; cliff edge to W. Outer bank (H 4m) is more substantial than inner bank (H 1.5m). External fosse measures 3.5m D. Entrance to SE with causeway across both fosses. Man-made underground passage (CO049-006002-) visible in cliff face running underneath inner fosse to S. 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

A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.