What is recorded here

Not a fairy fort at all, but a human ringfort: a circular earthwork in Ballaghbehy, County Limerick, large enough to hold a small dwelling, stock or a household through a hard season. It was marked on the 1923 map as an embanked enclosure, then levelled around 1980 until only a shallow bank and a slight scarped edge remain. The marshy centre and two mature trees give the place back some life, while the lost sharpness of its rim reminds us that even humble earthworks can be erased when usefulness fades.

In pasture, on SSW-facing slope. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure on 1923 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled and surrounding field boundaries removed. However, it is still discernible as circular area (22.3m N-S; 22m E-W) enclosed NW->N by low earthen bank (H c. 0.25m; Wth c. 7m) and defined N->NW by very-slight scarped edge. Interior surface marshy, slopes gently down to SSW, and is clear of overgrowth except for two mature trees. Very low oval (10m N-S; 7.5m E-W) rise discernible in centre of interior. According to local information monument levelled to present form c. 1980. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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