Discover Alone ← Back to nearby map

← Back to the nearby map

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Powerstown

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
View what I want to do
No photo yet

Add your own picture and explain the route, parking, gates, paths or landmarks that help people find it.

Earn 5 points after the picture is checked and accepted.

Add your photo and local directionsShare what you found

What is recorded here

In pasture, on gentle E-facing slope. Circular area (30m E-W; 26m N-S) enclosed by low rise (H 0.1m); shallow external fosse (D 0.4m) survives to W and N. Possible entrance to S. Field boundary skirts fosse WSW->N. Second ringfort (CO025-07402-) and moated site (CO025-07401-) c. 70m to NNE and NNW respectively. 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.