Why this matters
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
Overview
Indicated — Bailín is recorded as Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Kerry. This site is marked as a circular enclosure on the first edition of the OS map, and is titled 'Caher' on the OS Fair Plan. No visible trace of it survives and it is not remembered locally.
Who made it and when
The saved account records: In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
How it was made and used
The saved account records: This site is marked as a circular enclosure on the first edition of the OS map, and is titled 'Caher' on the OS Fair Plan.
What was found
The saved account records: No visible trace of it survives and it is not remembered locally.
What remains
The saved account records: It was situated in rough pasture on the NE side of Beenarourke.
Why it mattered
Indicated — Bailín matters because the source ties fairy fort / stone ringfort to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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