Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kilpatrick (kinalmeaky By.)

In pasture, on S bank of Sall river. Arc of bank marked on 1st. ed. O.S.map, survives as gentle scarp. This monument is depicted as a circular earthwork and is named 'Danes Fort' on a map entitled - 'Survey of the Bandon and Western Districts in the baronies of Killinamakey, East Carbery, Musgerry, Barrets and Barryroe and County of Cork. The estate of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire by Bernard Scalé, 1775'. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009