What is recorded here

Fairy forts are not fairy forts. They are human homes, farmyards and refuge places from the Bronze Age to the middle ages. The label is a later invention, a disclaimer people invented so they would not have to imagine the lives inside. Ballyhoolahan still holds two rings of earth seven metres apart. That distance suggests a place built to be seen, defended and remembered. The fairies are not the point. The humans are.

In gently undulating pasture. Formerly circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) has been truncated W->SE by field boundaries forming right-angled corner at NE; boundary on N side has been removes leaving break in slope to mark its course. Enclosing element survives SE->W and consists of two concentric earthen banks. Both inner bank (int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.2m) and outer bank (int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.2m) are clear of overgrowth; distance apart of banks crest-to-crest is 7m. Interior dips down gently towards centre and is covered by tall grass. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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