What is recorded here

Three ringforts stood in Ringmeen, but two vanished before Healy walked the land in 1904. The surviving fort hides above the Norwood convent, reduced to a faint earth scar that challenges human memory. The other two belong to Barrymore land, erased entirely, leaving behind a gap where architecture should be.

According to Healy (1904, 113) there were three ringforts in the Newtown area. One ('a small lis, nearly obliterated, immediately above the Norwood convent') of which he could locate. The other two (on the property of Lord Barrymore) had 'disappeared completely' in his time. Exact location of all three not known. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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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