What is recorded here
In improved pasture, 35m from the SE end of Ballymore Lough. This enclosure is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a small, circular embanked enclosure (diam. c.15m). A vernacular house/farmstead is indicated c. 30m to NW. The enclosure is not shown on the 1922 edition. No visible trace.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 10 June 2020
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- No visible remains or recorded as destroyed
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