What is recorded here

Half a circle of stone and earth still stands on the east-facing slope in Ballybrack, the other half lost to time or plough. The surviving western arc holds two banks separated by a five-metre ditch, with a causeway cutting through at the south. Inside that broken ring, eighty-two metres of empty air stretch from northwest to southeast, large enough for herds, hearings or dreams. The fairies may have taken the eastern half when people stopped watching it.

Situated on E facing slope of rising ground in undulating countryside. Only W half of site survives consisting of two earth and stone banks with wide intervening fosse (Wth 5m) and causeway entrance at S. Inner bank (Wth 3.5m; ext. H 1.5m max.) is best preserved at W and external bank (Wth 2.5m; ext. H 0.7m) is mainly constructed with stone. Chord measurement from NW to SE across interior measures 82m. The site originally was a large bivallate ringfort with approximate internal diameter of 85m N-S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

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