Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballymaclawrence

In pasture, on NE-facing slope. Circular area (diam. c. 28m) enclosed by two earthen banks (inner bank: int. H 0.5m; outer bank: ext. H 1.6m) with intervening fosse; shallow external fosse survives to W. Enclosure heavily overgrown; interior inaccessible. 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.