What is recorded here

Absent from every official map, the Ballyhine cashel hides in brambles and conifers, proving that human hands built what forgetfulness now claims. Its oval stones rise only sixty centimetres, yet they enclose a tilted chamber where shadow moves across grass and forgotten quarry marks. The missing wall does not disappear; it redirects memory into the gap, forcing imagination to complete what measurement refuses.

In pasture, located on rising ground with good views to S–SW. At the base of the slope 15-20m to N−NE there are a number of ruined vernacular farm buildings, bordering a road. This possible cashel is not indicated on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. It consists of a broadly oval area (34.5m N–S; 44.2m E–W) enclosed E–NW by a drystone wall and elsewhere by a low stony rise. The extant drystone wall (Wth c. 0.8m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.8m) is a relatively recent field wall, which coincides with the townland boundary. In parts it appears to rest upon a low stony plinth, possibly the remnants of an original enclosing wall. Original wall footing may also survive in the stony rise enclosing the N–NE perimeter. The interior, which has a marked slope down to SW, is planted with mature conifers, except for an area in the W–NW which is engulfed in brambles and blackthorn. Quarrying on the slope at N has encroached slightly on the N arc of the enclosure. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 20 December 2021

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