Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Haremount

In pasture, on S-facing slope. Circular area (28m E-W; 26m N-S) defined by earthen bank (int. H 1m; ext. H 1.2m) NW->ESE; scarp elsewhere. Evidence of external fosse survives to SSW as shallow water-filled depression. Remains of limekiln in bank to SE; cattle break across bank to NE. Field boundary skirts enclosure to NW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009