What is recorded here
Ballyegan holds a earthen ringfort, a circular defense built by human hands yet named for fairy folk. The boundary between the seen and hidden worlds grows thin around ancient stone and soil. What appears as a mundane fort may be a doorway, waiting for patience rather than force.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
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Site of Rockfield Ho.Castle, unclassified · 2.2 mi
PoulatouirtCave · 4.2 mi
Common AlderCommon Alder · 5.2 mi
Ballincollig HillMountain / peak · 5.3 mi
Stack's MountainMountain / peak · 5.6 mi
Ballygamboon Forest Recreation AreaWood · 7.2 mi