
What is recorded here
In pasture, on gentle E facing slope. Rectangular area (29.5m N-S; 36m E-W), enclosed in grass covered, collapsed stone wall (Wth 4.8m; H 0.9m). 14m W are low (H 0.2m) foundations of outer wall (L c. 25m). Overlain by field fence on S. Tradition of Man-made underground passage (MA121-130002-) in interior. Cashel wall once '10 feet thick, and 6 feet high' (Wilde 1872,230).
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. 283.
Date of upload: 12 January 2015
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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