What is recorded here
Barneygole holds a forgotten ringfort, a circular earthwork thirty-one metres across that vanished beneath low-lying pasture. Men lived inside that temporary boundary, drawing a sharp line between their small world and the endless field. The fairies took the fort back when the humans stopped remembering it, erasing the entrance and smoothing the bank until only a subtle rise remains beneath the grass.
In level, low-lying pasture. A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded a raised circular area (diam. c. 31m) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone with a shallow external fosse. The original entrance was not recognisable. Not visible at ground level.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 Norember 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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