Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballymacpierce

In pasture, on gentle S-facing slope. Circular area (diam. c. 45m) enclosed by two earthen banks (inner bank: int. H 0.6m; outer bank: H 0.4m) with intervening fosse. Site heavily overgrown. According to Bowman (1934, 422), interior saucer-shaped. Ring ditch (CO024-221---) c. 40m to S and ringfort (CO024-013---) c. 100m to S. 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