What is recorded here

Mystery and wonderment prevail at this site. Not far from Ballymaddock Castle, a fine old rath may yet be seen and in a direction leading to the gate, by which the field is entered from the road. In this place also, springing corn or grass is noticed in Summer to have assumed a tinge of deeper verdure and of higher growth that in other parts of this same field. Human remains in have been discovered there, and many think the place must have furnished a site for some battle, not known in historic records.

Not far from Ballymaddock Castle, a fine old rath may yet be seen and in a direction leading to the gate, by which the field is entered from the road. In this place also, springing corn or grass is noticed in Summer to have assumed a tinge of deeper verdure and of higher growth that in other parts of this same field. Human remains in have been discovered there, and many think the place must have furnished a site for some battle, not known in historic records (O'Hanlon and O'Leary 1907, vol. 1, 276; Dooley, 31). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 17 December 2007

A fairy fort or earthen ringfort near Ballymaddock Castle, likely dating to the early medieval period, is associated with local folklore of faerie activity and magical properties, as suggested by the reported "springing corn or grass" in summer.

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