
What is recorded here
Situated on top of a natural rise in undulating countryside. This is the site of a destroyed enclosure with barely discernible outline of a circular area (diam 27m) defined by a scarp with external fosse.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 May 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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