Discover Alone ← Back to nearby map

← Back to the nearby map

Indicated — Ballynahina (barrymore By., Rathcormack 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 Fermoy golf course, on ESE-facing slope, on W end of Corrin ridge. Depicted on 1842 OS 6-inch map as sub-rectangular area planted with trees; marked on 1903 and 1935 OS 6-inch map as circular area (diam. c. 30m). Levelled; no visible surface trace. According to Windele (1897, 375) 'fort on Corrin ridge to the West looks down on Ballinahina, Barry's place'. 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

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