What is recorded here

No visible surface trace remains of the double-ramparted ringfort in Ballinbeg, though maps from 1842 and 1902 marked a thirty-metre circle cut by trackways. Power described a conjoint lios of two parts in 1940, suggesting joined dwellings rather than a single defensive hedge. The earth has returned the site to tillage, erasing the boundary between human occupation and open field.

In tillage, on E-facing slope. Shown on 1842 and 1902 OS 6-inch maps as circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m), cut to N and W by trackways. S bank conjoined to another possible ringfort (CO088-03802-). According to Power (1940, 17) '...on the townland is a conjoint lios, of two parts - both double-ramparted'. No visible surface trace. 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 fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballinbeg, likely dating to the early medieval period, is represented by a circular enclosure of about 30 meters in diameter, partly cut by trackways. It appears on 19th-century Ordnance Survey maps and is associated with local folklore surrounding fairy activity, as suggested by its name and the common Irish tradition linking such sites to supernatural beings.

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