What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Ballyveerane is a circular earthen ringfort, about 29 metres across, set on a southwest-facing slope in County Cork. Its bank rises three metres inside and two outside, with field clearance stones atop the northern edge and a limekiln built into the western face. Ferns still crowd the interior, where the ground slopes gently downward, suggesting people shaped the earth to suit the hill rather than fight it.

In pasture, on SW-facing slope. Circular area (29.4m NNW-SSE; 28m NE-SW) defined by earthen bank (max. int. H 3m; ext. H 2m). Inner bank height lower on S side (H c. 0.6m); field clearance stones atop of bank to N; limekiln built into outer bank face to W. Drain immediately outside bank to S continues to E and W beyond enclosure. Interior overgrown with ferns, slopes gently down to SW; raised on SW side to compensate for hillslope. 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

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