
What is recorded here
In an upland area of semi-exposed karst with higher ground to the N and S and within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL010-064001-). A large subrectangular area (c. 125m N-S; c. 100m E-W) defined by a partially grassed-over stone wall visible on Digital Globe (2011-2013) and on OSi MapGenie orthophotography (2013-2018). Two small subcircular enclosures (CL010-264---- and CL010-265----) are attached to the perimeter at W and SE respectively. Adjoining walls at NE are built around natural hollows.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 16 August 2023
A large subrectangular early-medieval ringfort (rath) in Cappaghkennedy, likely dating to the 6th–10th centuries AD, situated within a multiperiod landscape. Local tradition associates such enclosures with fairy dwellings, and this site may have been considered a place of supernatural significance in folklore.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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