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Just off the summit of Ballyknock Hill, on a S-facing slope, in pasture. Roughly circular area (diam. 42.3m N-S; 47.3m E-W) enclosed by grass-covered bank with a high stone content (Wth crest 2m; base 5.1m; H above int. 0.67m; H above ext. 2-2.3m) and shallow, U-shaped outer fosse (Wth 3.6m; D 0.28m). The fosse is most pronounced in the N half of the ringfort, the S side is obscured by brambles. Interior slopes to S. Foundations of a structure in interior with much denuded wall (Wth 1.7m; H 0.35m) running N-S (L 15m) from the inner face of the N bank. Immediately E of this there is a slightly raised area (dims. 15m N-S; 13m E-W) with stones protruding above the surface. Deep tractor/JCB ruts run E-W in the N part of the interior. The original entrance appears to be in the SSW (Wth 2.5m). A gap in the NW quadrant has been machine widened recently (Wth 5.8m) to provide tractor access to the monument. The bank material has been pushed into the fosse to provide a ramped causeway. In the N-NW sectors dead wood/scrub has been dumped in the fosse, with a small stone dump against the external face of the bank in the N. A post and wire fence runs E-W up to the external face of the bank in the E quadrant and the area immediately S of this has been dug away.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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