What is recorded here

Cliff-edge fort in Ballyderown is a roughly circular earthen enclosure whose eastern boundary is a live cliff above the Araglin River. The bank rises to 2.3m externally, fades toward the cliff edge, and still holds a shallow outer ditch on its landward side. Cattle graze the interior today, moving through a place where the earth itself became the wall and the sea-facing drop became the gate. Ballyderown Castle watches from the southwest, as if the fort answered the castle and the cliff answered both.

In pasture, on edge of bluff above and on W side of stream, c. 100m to W of Araglin River. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure on 1842 OS 6-inch map; as hachured penannular enclosure, abutting straight fence to E on 1905 and 1934 OS 6-inch maps. Roughly circular raised area (32m NNE-SSW; 30m NW-SE tocliff edge) defined by overgrown earthen bank (int. H 1.9m; ext. H 2.3m) to SSW->NNE; cliff forms edge to ESE. Bank highest to NW, decreasing in height approaching terminals at cliff edge. Shallow external fosse to NNE. Interior slopes down to SE and is used for grazing. Ballyderown Castle (CO028-016---) in view to SW. 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

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