What is recorded here

Fairy forts and earthen ringforts mark ancient Irish landscapes. In Shanballymore Lower, a circular enclosure still holds the memory of human life, even when its name becomes a story. The land remembers the shape before people forget the hands that made it.

Within enclosure (CO018-11501-). Cropmark of levelled bank and external fosse of circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) visible in aerial photograph (CASAP, July 1989). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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