What is recorded here

Three deep ditches circle Baunogephlure, packed with animal bones and waiting beneath a golf course. They mark a fortified home where people lived, fed others and faced danger before a hotel or course touched the earth. The fairy fort name may be local pride or dismissal, but the cut lines and broken bones are evidence that the ground was not empty.

Discovered alongside a moated site (CW008-064----) and a ring-ditch (CW008-065----), during test excavation in advance of a hotel development (Excavation Licence No. 05E0452). Excavation revealed a trivallate ringfort with ditches (Wth c. 2-2.5m) spaced 3.5-4.5m apart and their fills containing considerable quantities of animal bone. The outer ditch was cut by the moated site (CW008-064----).Only a small portion was excavated the rest was preserved in-situ beneath the golf course. (Stafford 2008, 20) Reference: Stafford, E. 2008 Baunogephlure Multi-period. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2005: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 20 (67). Bray. Wordwell. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 11 January 2012

A trivallate earthen ringfort in Baunogephlure, likely dating to the early medieval period, was discovered during test excavations ahead of a hotel development. The site was found in association with a moated site and ring-ditch, and local tradition refers to it as a "fairy fort," reflecting the common Irish folklore linking such earthworks to supernatural beings.

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