
What is recorded here
Situated on a slight rise in a level, low-lying landscape. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) defined by a single fosse feature is visible on Google Earth (14/07/2018). It has a wide entrance (Wth c. 8-10m) at E. The ring-ditch (ME031-080001-), a circular feature (diam. c. 10m) defined by a single fosse feature, is in the interior a little SW of the centre). It was first reported by Ciaran McDonnell, and the features are also visible on Google Earth (12/07/2013), and OSI images (2018).
See the attached view from Google Earth (14/07/2018)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 12 March, 2019
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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