Enclosure in Ballyda — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

In tillage, on N-facing slope. Shown as roughly oval enclosure (diam. c. 20m E-W; c. 10m N-S) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; no visible surface trace. According to Power (1923, 169) 'Two "forts" ...have been levelled within living memory'. 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

A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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