What is recorded here

Caherballagh is a buried fairy fort on a hillock beside Lickeen Lough, reduced now to earthen bumps beneath dense gorse and scrub. Westropp called it a featureless ring planted with hawthorns, but the name still marks a boundary the land remembers. The surrounding fields have vanished into forestry, leaving the fort to keep its own quiet company with the lake and shadow.

Near the S shore of Lickeen Lough, on a densely overgrown hillock where surrounding fields had been cleared and drained. The area has since been planted with extensive forestry plantations. Hachured and named ‘Caherballagh’ on the 1840 and 1916 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as cashel in the RMP (1996). This enclosure is named after the townland according to Westropp (1900, 430) and is included in his list of cahers (ibid., 1905, 361). He described it as a ‘featureless ring planted with hawthorns near Lough Ballagh’ (ibid., 1913, 260). On inspection in May 1999, the hillock (base diam. c. 60m) was so densely overgrown with scrub and gorse that it was difficult to traverse. Only a few earthen bumps were noted. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 6 May 2022

Caherballagh is a likely early-medieval ringfort situated near the south shore of Lickeen Lough. It is associated with local folklore referring to it as a fairy fort, indicating its traditional cultural and spiritual significance.

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