What is recorded here
In an unreclaimed area on the SW slopes of Murrooghkilly hill. A semicircular enclosure (diam. c. 50m) defined by a stone wall NW-SE. This lies within a large field system (CL001-033----) extending over 1km between the Caher River and Murrooghkilly hill. Noted on Digital Globe (2011-13) and reported to the National Monuments Service by Ros Ó Maoldúin.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 23 November 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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