What is recorded here

Magic is not invention when measurement repeats. The chamber is 27.6m by 26.2m, has a 1.3m entrance at SE, and still holds an underground passage at SW. The fairies may have danced in it, but human hands dug, built, entered and forgot the address.

In rough pasture and hazel growth on a gentle NW-facing slope of limestone pavement, with an E-W ravine c. 70m to the S, and within a large multiperiod field system (CL009-059001-). Hachured on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map but shown c. 47m more to the SE on 1842 ed. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). This almost circular cashel (27.6m N-S; 26.2m E-W) is defined by a stone spread (Wth 5-8m; int. H 0.5-0.9m; ext. H 0.4-1m). The inner wall-face is only visible at WNW, where the wall is 1.6m wide. The outer wall-face (H 0.5-1.5m) survives intermittently and is best preserved from NW to NE. It is built of large horizontally laid stones. At NE a hollow (6.5m NW-SE; 2-3m NE-SW) in the spill is probably the result of digging. The entrance (Wth 1.3m), now filled with rubble, is visible at SE. There is a Man-made underground passage (CL009-103002-) and possible trapezoidal structure (CL009-103003-) in the SW quadrant of the interior. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 27 May 2022

A fairy fort / stone ringfort in Ballyganner North 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 regarding fairy activity, as suggested by its name, and was marked on historical maps, indicating its longstanding recognition in the landscape.

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