Discover Alone ← Back to nearby map

← Back to the nearby map

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Loughane East

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. Hachured arc E->W depicted on 1842 OS 6-inch map at S side of laneway, truncated on N side by laneway to form D-shaped area. Indicated on 1903 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps by curve in laneway to N and field fence to E. Levelled; circular area (diam. c. 20.3m) defined by slight rise to S and SW; curve in laneway to N. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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.