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Lisnabolage — Ballynatona

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Lisnabolage — Ballynatona
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Lisnabolage — Ballynatona is a likely early-medieval ringfort, characterized by a central earthen bank with an external fosse and a secondary outer bank to the ENE–SE. Local folklore, though not detailed in the record, commonly associates such sites with fairy activity or ancient druidic rituals.

What is recorded here

In pasture, on NNE-facing slope. Roughly circular area (40m E-W; 37.5m N-S) defined by earthen bank (H 2m) with external fosse (D 0.4m); outer earthen bank (H 1.4m) visible ENE->SE. Field fence clearance material dumped on line of outer bank SE->NNW. Break (Wth 4m) in bank to ENE. Interior raised on N side to compensate for hillslope; continues to slope down to N. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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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