What is recorded here

No human has broken the twin banks of Ballymartin, though they circle like a living thing and resist every cart in County Limerick. The fort stands above ordinary pasture, facing the wide horizon instead of hiding in it. What it refused to reveal may still be waiting for someone honest enough to ask.

In rough pasture, atop hill with panoramic views. Sub-circular area (37.5m N-S; 34m E-W) enclosed by two concentric earthen banks, with intervening (Wth 1.35m) and external fosse. Inner bank (int. H 0.75m; ext. H 0.9m), best preserved ENE->SW, becomes scarp-like SW->NW (H 1.05m; Wth 5.5m). Outer bank (int. H 1.1m), best preserved ENE->SW where incorporated into field boundary, much denuded NW->ENE (int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.55m). Intervening fosse heavily masked by overgrowth ENE->SW. Outer fosse (D 0.05m; Wth 1.3m) barely perceptible NW->ENE, not evident elsewhere. Interior, under rough pasture, slopes down gently to NW. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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