What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Skenakilla stands in pasture on a south-facing slope in County Cork, Ireland. Its low grass-covered bank encloses a roughly circular space forty-four metres wide, with an entrance at the southeast and a second ringfort twenty metres upslope. The earth has kept its shape through centuries of rain and foottraffic, waiting for someone to notice the boundary it still draws.

In pasture, on S-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure only on 1935 OS 6-inch map. Roughly circular area (44m E-W; 36m N-S) enclosed by low, grass-covered, earthen bank (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.3m). Entrance to SE. Interior slopes down to S. Second ringfort (CO026-041---) c. 20m upslope to NW. 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

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.