Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballyhamsherry

In flat pasture. Arc (SSW->NNW) formed by earthen bank (H 0.8m); fieldboundary 5m to outside is concentric with bank. Mound (H 0.5m; 7m N-S; 5.5m E-W) on inside of bank to W; centre quarried into; foundation of wall extends N from side of mound. Locally known as "lios". 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