Lisnabolage

In pasture, on NNE-facing slope. Roughly circular area (40m E-W; 37.5m N-S) defined by earthen bank (H 2m) with external fosse (D 0.4m); outer earthen bank (H 1.4m) visible ENE->SE. Field fence clearance material dumped on line of outer bank SE->NNW. Break (Wth 4m) in bank to ENE. Interior raised on N side to compensate for hillslope; continues to slope down to N. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Lisnabolage, Ballynatona is a likely early-medieval ringfort, characterized by a central earthen bank with an external fosse and a secondary outer bank to the ENE–SE. Local folklore, though not detailed in the record, commonly associates such sites with fairy activity or ancient druidic rituals.