What is recorded here
No visible wall remains, only a faint ridge across marshy grass where sheep still walk. The missing fort may have been a boundary marker, a ritual path or a forgotten home, but the land kept its shape long after human hands stopped touching it.
'This complex is situated on top of a limestone reef which affords extensive views to the north, east, south and west, the Paps mountains being visible to the east. The field in which this site is located is slightly marshy, and is predominantly devoted to grazing and rough pasture. The large bi-vallate ringfort of Rathanny [KE030-032----] is located c.150m to the north, but is now almost completely levelled as a result of field clearance......... conjoining this [KE30-119001-] on its eastern and southern sides is a sub-circular enclosure. It utilises the above circular enclosure as its western extent. Total dimensions of this site are 48.0m E-W by 37.0m N-S. The bank is of similar construction to the above example, and again has an average width of 5.00m. The average external height is 0.30m, the average internal height is 0.40m.'
Compiled by Michael Connolly for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland as part of a survey of the Lee Valley area in 1996-97.
Date of upload: 30 April 2012
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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