What is recorded here
No visible trace remains at Ballynaboley, though the land still carries the memory of a ringfort. The earth may have swallowed the bank, or people may have taken the stones for their own walls. What is certain is that the place was marked, valued, and forgotten.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Ballynaboley RingfortArchaeological place · 8 yd
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in ClonassyFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 932 yd
Clonassy WoodForest · 1.3 mi
Rochestown Castle (Site of)Castle, unclassified · 1.4 mi
Church in TubbridChurch · 1.5 mi
Poulanassy WaterfallWaterfall · 1.5 mi
Ballynaboley WoodForest · 1.5 mi
Saint Killogue's Catholic Churchchurch/chapel · 1.8 mi
Tory HillMountain / peak · 3.5 mi