What is recorded here
In pasture, on gentle E-facing slope. Monument, depicted on 1923 OS 6-inch map as ovoid enclosure (c. 20m E-W; c. 10m N-S), has been levelled. No trace of monument evident when inspected. Westropp (1916-17, 33) described it as ''a small, very-defaced house-ring'.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 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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