Enclosure in Currymount

In pasture, on SW-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Oval area (20m E-W; 17.5m N-S) enclosed by low rise (int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.7m). Low narrow ridge running N-S bisects interior and extends over bank but not beyond. Standing stone (9953) in same field c. 150m to SE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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.