Enclosure in Blessington

At the NW base of Saddle Hill with a river c. 50m to the S, flowing eastward. According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 4, 274), In Mr. Sheehy’s land, in Blessington, is a great “raw,” or rath [KK028-036----] … East of this, at the base of Saddle Hill, and also in Mr. Sheehy’s land, is another very large circular “raw.”. It is indicated as a roughly circular field (diam. c. 66m) on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map with no enclosing element in the NW quadrant. On the later 1900-01 revision a field boundary is indicated running NE-SW across the perimeter of the NW quadrant. On satellite imagery (Digitalglobe 2011-13, accessed 8 March 2022) the enclosure is visible as a small grass-covered field with trees and scrub growing on the enclosing element. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 8 March 2022

A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.