What is recorded here

Half a million years of rain and hoof have not erased the fort. It still stands forty metres across on the hilltop, its shallow bank marking the edge of a world that watched the valleys below. The fairies never left; they simply stopped building walls people could measure.

On the summit of a prominent hill flanked by streams to the N and S, in undulating pasture with excellent views in all directions. Hachured on the 1840 and 1916 OS 6-inch maps. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the RMP (1996). A subcircular rath (40m N-S; 42m E-W) defined by an intermittently visible earth and stone bank (Wth 3m; H 0.25m) reduced to a scarp (H 0.5m) in places. Along the E there are traces of a surrounding berm (Wth 2m) and an outer scarp (H 1m). The interior is highest at the centre with no visible internal features. Field boundaries run across the W and S edges of the monument. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 10 July 2023

A fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballycotteen South is a circular earthen enclosure typical of early-medieval Ireland, likely dating to between the 5th and 10th centuries. It is associated with local folklore surrounding fairies, with such sites often regarded as portals to the Otherworld or the homes of supernatural beings.

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