Cliff-edge fort in Ballynamuddagh (coshlea By.) — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Cliff-edge fort in Ballynamuddagh stands as a raised D-shaped earthwork immediately south of River Aherlow, its scarp and fosse still marking the boundary between pasture and water. The river itself cuts through the northern edge like a living moat, suggesting the fort relied on natural danger rather than built walls. Animals may have crossed the eastern and southern breaks for centuries, unknowingly walking through gates that once controlled human movement. The dense overgrowth at the margins hides the true shape of the place, forcing imagination to complete what the earth has swallowed.

In pasture, on slight WNW-facing slope, immediately S of River Aherlow that forms townland boundary with Barna. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map as a roughly D-shaped earthwork intersected at N by a townland boundary running E-W. Shown on the 1897 ed. OS 25-inch map as a raised D-shaped area defined by a scarp with fosse at E. Surveyed by the ASI in 1999, described as a raised semi-circular shaped area (30m N-S; 40m E-W) defined by a scarp from NE-E-S-W-NW, with external fosse (Base Wth 2.1m; Overall Wth 6.1m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 0.3m) from NE-E-S, intersected at N by scarp of river (H 2.5m). A drain runs radially to fosse from S-W-NW. The interior slopes to WNW and densely overgrown at the margins. Two breaks in the scarp at E (Wth 1.4m) and S (Wth 1.4m) appear to be modern livestock openings. Tree-covered monument visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-2013 and Google Earth orthoimages. See attached sketch plan surveyed and drawn by ASI and Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 4 November 2021

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