What is recorded here
On W-facing slope. Site is depicted as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1841 OS 6-inch map, but shown as oval quarry (c. 50m E-W; c. 30m N-S) on 1923 OS 6-inch map. Area now occupied by shale quarry with recent farm buildings along its northern edge.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 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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