Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballinclare (gorey By., Balloughter Ed)

Located on a broad, low ENE-WSW ridge. The cropmark of a circular area (int. diam. c. 45m N-S; c. 45m E-W; ext. diam. c. 55m E-W) defined by a prominent inner fosse (Wth c. 3-4m) and a lighter outer fosse is only visible on Google Earth (14/07/2018). The fosses appear to be cut at S by the outer fosse of the ecclesiastical enclosure (WX011-011004-), and only the inner rath fosse is lightly traceable S of this. At the W edge the rath is cut by a N-S drain that is marked on the 1839 and 1902 editions of the OS 6-inch map, but there appear to be entrances through the inner fosse at WNW (Wth c. 4m) and NW (Wth c. 5m). The cropmarks were first reported by Jean Charles Caillère and were also noted by Simon Dowling. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 17 September 2019 Amended: 28 February 2020