What is recorded here

Fairy forts disguise human history because people feared admitting the truth. Loumanagh North preserves a true ringfort despite the misleading name. The double bank, central fossa and western slope show deliberate construction rather than random earthwork.

In pasture, on W-facing slope. Circular slightly raised area (29.5m E-W; 29.7m N-S) enclosed by inner earthen bank (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.6m); intervening fosse; outer earthen bank (H 1.3m) SW->NW. Inner bank incorporated into field boundary system NNE->SE and heavily overgrown; grass-covered elsewhere. Intervening fosse (D c. 1m) survives best NNE->SE; shallow SE->SW and NW->NNE. Outer bank survives best to SW where overgrown with furze bushes; eroded elsewhere due to slippage. Drainage trench runs inside inner bank to E, cutting through bank to NNE and SE. Possible Man-made underground passage (CO030-226---) near fort. 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

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