What is recorded here

Fairy forts are often earthen ringforts misnamed because people stopped understanding them, and Ballygarve is one of those. Its circular bank still holds a low hill above pasture, wide enough for a small dwelling or a much larger meeting, while fields and forgetting did the rest. What is clear is that humans made it, shaped it, used it and walked away; the fairy label is only the sound a place makes when its makers disappear.

On a low hill in pasture, affording excellent views in all directions. A raised circular area (diam. 35.6m) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 5.1m; H 0.6m max.) from SSW-SW. From NNW-N-SE the bank has been extensively modified and incorporated into a field boundary. Elsewhere it has been levelled but its outline (Wth 5.6m) is still identifiable. A report in 1975 (SMR file) recorded an external fosse, which is no longer identifiable. The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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