Fairy fort / ringfort in Ballard,carrowgilpatrick

Depicted as a circular enclosure bisected by into two roughly equal portions by the NW-SE townland boundary on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map. On the 1913 edition it is depicted as a D-shaped enclosure whose straight side (L c 50m) is a formed by a NE-SW field boundary which is also shown as part of the townland boundary. A small portion of the enclosure at NE, marked by hachures, is shown outside the circuit of the remainder by the corner of a NW-SE and a NE-SW field boundary. There is a break in the defining element (L c 20m) from ENE-E-SE. A series of hachures define the remainder of the circuit. A linear hachured feature (L c 17m) extends into the interior from the centre of the straight side. This monument, almost certainly a rath, has been levelled and there are no remains now visible at ground level. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011