What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Ballykenry is an earthen ringfort with a circular interior, external fosse and a wide NE entrance. It sits in pasture at the base of a slope, with a stream curving outside the SW arc and a sportsfield beside it. Cattle still break the ground inside, while overgrowth hides parts of the bank, making the old shape feel both forgotten and alive.

In pasture, at base of SW-facing slope. Circular area (26.6m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank with external fosse. Bank (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.3m) has uniform low internal height but is highest externally along SW arc. Entrance (Wth 4m) with causeway across fosse at NE. Fosse (D 1.65m; Wth 2.4m) well defined all round. Level interior is under rough pasture which is poached by cattle. Bank and fosse covered with dense overgrowth in places. Stream flows around SW arc of ringfort, c. 8m outside fosse. There is a sportsfield immediately E of enclosure. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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