What is recorded here
Oval shaped enclosure (max dims. E-W c. 68m (N-S c. 39m) defined by a prominent scarp N/W to SE. S side levelled or quarried away, may have been circular in shape originally.
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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