What is recorded here
No visible trace remains at Ballygriffy North, though local memory and official lists still call the lost site a fairy fort or stone ringfort. That absence is not empty; it is a invitation to imagine the shape, use and disappearance of a place people once recognised. The best answer is to witness the gap without inventing a false history for it.
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Ballygriffy WoodWood · 144 yd
Ring EnclosoureArchaeological place · 392 yd
IndicatedFairy fort / stone ringfort · 529 yd
CastleCastle, unclassified · 1692 yd
Ballygriffy CastleCastle · 1711 yd
Templehughoconnell (in Ruins)Church · 1.2 mi
Nutfield Bridgebridge · 1.3 mi
Ardcarney WoodWood · 1.3 mi
Rock IslandIsland · 4.5 mi