
What is recorded here
This site was bulldozed in the 1960s, according to local information the site consisted of a small enclosure 20-30ft. in diameter with no signs of an enclosing bank, with whitethorn bushes growing around it. Hachured as circular enclosure on the 1912 edition of the OS 6-inch map.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 May 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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