What is recorded here

Ballyclancahill holds a circular stone fort twenty-six metres across on the southern edge of Ballyganner Hill. Its wall rises one to fourteen centimetres above the ground, while scrub and spilled stone hide much of its outer face. The fort sits among other ancient enclosures, suggesting a busy settled landscape rather than a lonely marker.

In an unreclaimed area on the S edge of a shelf at the foot of Ballyganner Hill within an extensive field system (CL009-059001-). Hachured on the 1840 and 1916 OS 6-inch maps. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). A circular area (ext. dims. 26.2m N-S; 26.2m E-W) defined by a stone spread and drystone-walling (ext. H 0.8-1.4m). The outer wall-face is well defined but is largely obscured with scrub and spill. A build up of material in the interior is level with the inner edge of the stone spread which defines the perimeter, except at the S where the stone spread rises 0.8m above the interior. A cashel (CL016-020014-) and an enclosure (CL016-020035-) are located c. 17m and c. 55m to the SE respectively. A cashel (CL016-020012-) and Man-made underground passage (CL016-020041-) are located c. 95m to the SW. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 21 March 2022

A fairy fort or stone ringfort in Ballyclancahill is a circular earthen or stone enclosure, typical of early-medieval Ireland, likely dating to between the 5th and 10th centuries. It is associated with local folklore surrounding fairies and other supernatural beings, common in Irish tradition for such sites.

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