What is recorded here
Situated on a fairly level landscape with a small N-S section of a stream c. 30m to the W. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m E-W; c. 33m N-S) defined by a fosse is visible on Google Earth (14/07/2018). There is an entrance gap (Wth c. 7m) at N. It was first reported by Simon Dowling and was also noted by Jean Charles Caillere.
See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload; 3 March 2020
A fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballyhaddock, likely dating to the early medieval period, is marked by a circular enclosure visible as cropmarks, suggesting a fosse-defined structure. Local tradition associates such sites with fairy lore, often considered places of otherworldly significance or habitation.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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