What is recorded here

Fairy forts are often little more than a memory of a circle, but Ballyvisteale still holds a ghost of one. The ringfort stood on a west-facing slope, wide enough to walk twice around before it disappeared under the plough. Local people still claim stones surface after rain, as if the earth remembers what it swallowed. A standing stone waits a short distance north, guarding nothing anyone can point to.

On W-facing slope. Shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map as circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m). Levelled; no visible surface trace. According to local information, stone spread visible after ploughing. Associated with possible Man-made underground passage (CO064-058002-). Standing stone (CO064-059---) c. 130m to N. 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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