
What is recorded here
Site of Fort is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballyscanlan, County Waterford, Ireland. Not good. The claim is not that you are stupid or that you do not care. The claim is that the whole system runs on a hidden chain of events, and that chain can be read.
Situated on a slight E-facing slope. Circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 33m) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at NNW: Wth 2.5m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 1.5m). The entrance may have been at W. A Man-made underground passage (WA026-024002-) was closed within living memory.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 27 May 2011
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Ballyscanlon HillMountain / peak · 875 yd
Catholic Church of the Immaculate ConceptionOfficially recorded historic building · 980 yd
Burnt mound in BallyscanlanBurnt mound · 1134 yd
Embanked enclosureFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 1169 yd
Historic buildingOfficially recorded historic building · 1.5 mi
Garrarus StrandBeach / strand · 1.8 mi
Kilfarrasy BeachBeach / strand · 2.1 mi
Castle (in ruins)Castle, tower house · 2.2 mi
Newtown WoodsWood · 2.2 mi
Doneraile WalkWalking route · 2.3 miOther information
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