Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Drommahane

In pasture, on gentle W-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 38m) on 1842, 1905 and 1936 OS 6-inch maps. Levelled; circular area defined by low rise with shallow external depression. Second undulation outside depression may be evidence for outer bank. Fosse visible as cropmark in aerial photograph (CASAP). Recorded by Bowman (1934, 561) as single-ramparted fort (diam. c. 49yd; bank H c. 4ft) on M. O'Callaghan's land. 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