What is recorded here
In rough pasture, with much scrub. On E slope of natural rise, 250m to W is ringfort (MA117-036001-). Oval-shaped area (23.5m N-S; 30m E-W), enclosed by low earthen bank (H 0.3m), partly overlain by clearance material.
The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 185.
Date of upload: 7 November 2013
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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