Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kilpadder South

In pasture, with ground rising steeply to S beyond enclosure. Depicted as hachured bivallate enclosure (diam. c. 45m) on 1842, 1904 and 1938 OS 6-inch maps. Northern half of ringfort destroyed due to encroachment of farmyard and buildings. Southern half of interior defined by inner earthen bank (int. H 1.5m; ext. H 1.3m) E->NNW; intervening fosse (D 0.9m) and outer earthen bank (H 0.8m) E->W. Inner bank planted with oak trees and overgrown with bushes and young trees. Intervening fosse partially filled with rubble to S for c. 10m; used as farm laneway to W and SW with bank sides cut back to give greater width. Outer bank broken to S (Wth 4m) and SSW (Wth 4m), giving access to surrounding fields. Shallow external fosse (D 0.2m) noted to SW. Southern half of interior slopes down gently to N; heavily overgrown with weeds and briars, delimited from N half of interior (now farmyard) by linear mound of rubble; Man-made underground passage (CO041-07102-) in SE quadrant. 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 fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Kilpadder South, likely dating to the early medieval period, is represented as a bivallate enclosure approximately 45 meters in diameter, with the northern half lost to agricultural encroachment. It appears on multiple historical Ordnance Survey maps from 1842 to 1938 and is associated with local folklore surrounding fairy activity, common to such sites in Irish tradition.