What is recorded here
In wet pasture 150m N of the Assaroola River that marks the townland boundary with Boolanlisheen. Enclosure (LI050-010----) lies 240m to E. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a circular-shaped enclosure. Shown on the 1893 OS 25-inch map as a sub-rectangular-shaped area (dims. c. 45m NE-SW, 38m NW-SE) defined by a scarp and intersected at NE and S by drains running E-W. Surveyed by the ASI in 1999 when described as a raised circular-shaped area (diam. c. 38m) defined by a scarp (Wth 1.3m, H 1.4m) that from NE-SW is incorporated into a field boundary with associated field drain. Interior slopes slightly to S. Outline of monument delimited by bushes is visible as on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 4 October 2021
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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