What is recorded here

Clearing the field to make a place for children, I cut through the broken southern bank and nearly lifted a whole ring of stone. I stopped when the child pointed at the waterhole hidden beneath the grass. We left the circle alone, and that is still the best decision I remember making in Ballynaboola.

In pasture, c. 300m to S of Garrane River. Circular area (29.8m N-S; 29.5m E-W) enclosed by two earthen banks with intervening fosse. Inner bank (int. H 0.35m) broken to S (Wth 3m). Intervening fosse mainly waterlogged. Outer bank (H 0.6m) broken to N (Wth 2.5m); berm on inner face of bank to S; incorporated into field fence system to SE and S; to W low and tree planted. Interior planted with trees. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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