Discover Alone ← Back to nearby map

← Back to the nearby map

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballynamona (fermoy By., Glanworth Par.)

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 tillage. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure on 1842 OS 6-inch map; as hachured circular raised area (diam. c. 28m) on 1906 and 1934 OS 6-inch maps, with narrow pond skirting site WSW->NE. Circular slightly raised area (34m E-W) surrounded by flooded area W->E which corresponds to fosse. According to local information, bank which once enclosed site was levelled off into fosse. Ringfort (CO027-010---) lies c. 120m to W and circular enclosure (CO 027-163---) c. 50m to NE. 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.