Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballycormick

In pasture, on SE-facing hill slope. Roughly oval area (33.5m N-S; 26.5m E-W) enclosed by low earthen bank (int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.2m) SW->NW and NE->SE. At N and S enclosing element is truncated by field boundaries which converge to form acute angle 28m E of enclosure. Interior and much of enclosing element covered by furze bushes, and otherwise heavily poached by cattle accessing stream running along base of field boundary on N side of angle. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011