
What is recorded here
Located on a steep N-facing slope. A subcircular grass-covered area (dims c. 110m NW-SE; c. 100m NE-SW) id defined by an earthen bank S-W-N which is incorporated into a road bank N-SE, and the perimeter probably incorporates an area of grass-covered rock outcrop SE-S. The interior and the bank at W is overlain by E-W cultivation ridges that are clearly visible on Google Earth (05/10/2009), and it also visible on other aerial images. It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillere.
See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 4 June 2020
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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