
What is recorded here
In karst and scrub, 100m E of cashel (MA120-019----). Rectangular area (36m N-S; 42m E-W), enclosed by heavily overgrown, partly collapsed stone wall (Wth 2.5m; H 2.2m) on low earthen bank containing collapse (Wth 2.5m; H 1m). Gap in NE. Walling on SW and NW forms part of surrounding field fence system. Field fence bisects the site's interior and cashel wall on NNW and S points. NE of interior is very overgrown and contains clearance and rock outcrop.
The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 288.
Date of upload: 15 October 2014
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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