
What is recorded here
Situated on a S-facing slope. D-shaped grass-covered area (diam. 31m NW-SE) defined by an overgrown earthen bank best preserved E-S (Wth 6m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 0.9m) and truncated by a NE-SW field bank at NW. There is no visible fosse. The entrance (Wth 3m) at SSE has been strengthened with stone-facing. A bullaun stone (dims. c. 1.4m x 0.55m; H 0.6m) with a single basin (diam. 0.3m; D 0.15m) is inside the bank at SE.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore.
Date of upload/revision: 6th May, 2011.
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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