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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballynisky

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

No amount of thinking can call back the erased chamber. The real Ballynisky chamber stopped existing when human hands and tools changed the place. Fiction can only chase the deleted chamber through every nearby assumption.
In pasture, on gentle E-facing slope. Monument, depicted as circular enclosure (diam. c. 20) on 1841 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled. No trace of monument evident when inspected. Field boundary, shown bisecting enclosure on 1923 OS 6-inch map, has been removed. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What survives
No visible remains or recorded as destroyed

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