Enclosure in Tomboholla

In pasture, located on the top of a ridge, affording good views in all directions over the surrounding undulating grassland. This possible rath, known locally as a ‘fort’, is not shown on OS 6-inch maps. It is poorly preserved. The remains consist of a roughly ovoid area (c. 26m NE-SW, c. 22n NW-SE) defined by remnants of a scarp. The scarp (H 0.6m) is best preserved at WSW−NW, merging at NW−N with the ridge slope. It is truncated at E−ESE by a straight field fence/scarp on a NW−SE axis. Remnants of a low curving scarp are also be traced E−ESE, petering out at SE, where the enclosure merges seamlessly with the natural ridge slope. A field wall skirts the base of the slope. Prominent cultivation ridges, on a NNW-SSE axis, traverse the E half of the interior. An L-shaped trench or depression (Wth 2.5m at top, 1.2m at base; D 0.4m) extends from the ridge slope at S through the interior for 10m to N, and then turns to ENE for 3m where it peters out; this appears to cut through the cultivation ridges, which suggests it is the result of relatively recent disturbance. A telegraph pole stands in the E quadrant Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 January 2021

A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.