What is recorded here
Ballybeen holds a possible enclosure marked only by crop growth, waiting for soil proof to confirm its shape. The uncertainty is not a gap, but an invitation: a place can still be alive in the field, visible through grass and memory before excavation speaks.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as AP Cropmark- Possible enclosure (rath?). Recorded period: UNCERTAIN. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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