
What is recorded here
Situated on a fairly level landscape, at the crest of a slight slope down to the valley of the N-S Pinkeen River c. 50m to the W. Aerial photograph (GB89.AE.06) shows the cropmark of a curvilinear enclosure (diam. c. 45m) defined by a fosse, with an entrance facing south leading into a contiguous rectilinear enclosure. The enclosure is also visible on Google Earth (24/06/2018).
See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth (24/06/2018)
Compiled by: Dr Gillian Barrett for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland.
Date of upload: 10 June 2009
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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