
What is recorded here
Situated in pasture. Depicted as an earthwork on Larkin's 1808 map of Co. Wetmeath (NLI, MS 46,580). Not depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map or the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map. Monument described in 1981 as no surface remains visible. This area is visible a low natural rise intersected by a field fence. There are no traces of any banks or fosses. Outline of circular-shaped earthwork (approx. diam. c. 40m) bisected by a post 1700 field boundary is visible today on Digital Globe aerial photography.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 30 September 2019
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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