Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Pruntus

In pasture, c. 100m SE of Awbeg River. Circular platform (44m ENE-WSW; 38m SSE-NNW) raised c. 0.6m above surrounding field; enclosed by fosse and outer bank NNW->SW; truncated by railway line SW->NNW. Fosse (D 0.7m; Wth 4m) deepest to NE. Outer bank (H 1.5m) highest to N and S where incorporated into field fence system; grass covered and low to SE. Faint trace of outer fosse to E (max. D 0.6m). Remains of cultivation ridges cross interior on NNW-SSE axis. 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 local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.