What is recorded here
On top of a broad flat-topped N-S ridge between two valleys, in grassland. There are excellent views in all directions. A roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 43m) indicated on the 1946-7 revision of the OS 6-inch map. According to O'Kelly (1969, 43), the 'rath here was levelled by bulldozer some years ago'. It is visible at ground level as a slightly raised area.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 3 June 2020
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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