What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Ballyteige Upper is a levelled earthen ring in marshy pasture, still marking a 34-metre circle with a broken bank and a central mound. It may have been a dwelling, a boundary, or a place where people set food for the unseen. The small pond at its edge suggests water was never far from the life inside.

In low-lying, marshy pasture. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure on 1923 OS 6-inch map, has been largely levelled. However, it is still evident as circular area (diam. 34.2m N-S) enclosed by fragmentary remains of earthen bank (max. H 0.6m). Interior slightly below level of surrounding terrain except at centre where there is irregularly shaped earthen mound (12.4m N-S; 14.6m E-W; H 0.8m). Small pond abuts enclosure on E side. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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