What is recorded here
Located downslope from Mountpelier Hill, within a forest clearing. Appears on an aerial photograph (CUCAP1963, AIG 75) and is an etimated 60m in diameter (Healy 1975). No visible trace. A standing stone (DU025-021001-) is located to the W.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy
Revised upload on: 8 July 2018
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- No visible remains or recorded as destroyed
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