What is recorded here
Visible on an aerial photograph (GSI N372-3) as a small circular enclosure (est. diam. c. 20m). On a gentle SE-facing slope at the SE foot of the Hill of Allen (OD 676 feet) on wet but partially improved pasture where the surrounding field boundaries as shown on the latest ed. (1910) of the OS 6-inch map have been removed. No visible surface trace of the feature survives.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 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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