Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballykenry

What is recorded here

In pasture, on W-facing slope, just below brow of hill. Monument, depicted on 1841 OS 6-inch map as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m), has been levelled. Field boundary which skirted enclosure SE->SW has been removed and area to N of it covered by concrete yard surrounded by farm buildings.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI028-159

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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Photo credits

National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Created by Kglavin Modified Aug 2007 by Mike Christie, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
Vadim Manuylov, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0