What is recorded here

Ballynanelagh once held two earthen rings, now erased. The first stood on a south-facing slope, broad enough to circle forty metres before ploughs and profit removed it. The second belonged to Gleeson's farm and followed the same fate. What remains is absence itself, a smooth pasture where human hands built, lived and forgot.

In pasture, on S-facing slope. Shown as circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. According to Power (1923, 177), 'The lios....has disappeared. On Gleeson's farm there was a second lios, which also has been long since improved away'. Levelled; no visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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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