What is recorded here

Fairy fort, Shanaclogh is a circular earthen enclosure in low pasture near the Ballinveala boundary. The 1897 map showed a 29m circle, but today only a shallow scarp, narrow fosse and level ground remain visible beside a field track. It may have been a dwelling, a boundary marker or a place people avoided because it looked like the hills had forgotten how to hold their shape.

In lowlying level pasture with poor views in all directions, 36m E of townland boundary with Ballinveala. Depicted on the 1897 OS 25-inch map as circular shaped area (diam. 29m) defined by a scarp. Surveyed by the ASI in 2000 and described as only a small portion of the monument remains visible, consisting of a low platform defined by a scarp and fosse (Wth 6.2m; int. D 0.45m; ext. D 0.3m), the interior is level and dry. A field boundary running NW-SE intersects the fosse from NE through to SE. Clearance rubble obscures the fosse from SE through to NNW. The monument is visible as a circular enclosure overgrown with trees on the Google Earth orthoimages taken in 2020. See attached sketch plan and Google Earth orthophoto Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 5 August 2020

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