What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Ballykenry, County Limerick: an oval earth-and-stone ring, 44 by 50 metres, with a 6.8-metre gap on the east and a south-sloping pasture interior. People may have lived there before fields took it over, but the land still keeps the shape of a choice: enter through the gap, look south, and stand inside a room the hills made for humans.

In pasture, on S-facing slope. Oval area (44m N-S; 50m E-W) enclosed by earth-and-stone bank (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 2.3m) best preserved NNE->SSE, but topped by field boundary SSE->NNE. Gap (Wth 6.8m) in bank at E. Interior under pasture and slopes down to S. Field boundary, indicated on 1923 OS 6-inch map immediately E of enclosure, has been removed and material from it pushed up against bank NE->SSE. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011 See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP – taken on 04/03/2006.

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.