Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballymoat

Situated on an E-facing slope with the S-N Ballymoat stream c. 200m to the E. Overgrown circular area (diam. c. 25m) defined by an earthen bank (at SW: Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 0.6m), with slight traces of an outer fosse at SW. It is surrounded by a stone-faced field bank NW-E-SW, but there is no visible entrance. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 06 January 2011