
What is recorded here
On a SSW-facing slope, in rough pasture with frequent outcropping rock and loose moss-covered boulders. A circular area (15m N-S; 14m E-W) defined by a stone wall (int. H 0.45m; ext. H 0.4-0.8m; Wth at top 4-5m; overall Wth 5.7m) NW-SW which is reduced to scarp (Wth 2m; H 0.4m) SW-NW. All stones are moss covered. The interior is level and grass covered. A farm trackway is located c. 5m to W. A cashel (CL033-060001-) is located c. 47m to SW.
The following images have been uploaded:
CL033-192----_01.jpg From N. General view of monument.
CL033-192----_02.jpg From E. General view of monument.
CL033-192----_03.jpg From NE. Cross-section view of bank at SE.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 17 December 2018
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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