
What is recorded here
In tillage. A large oval enclosure (dims. c. 81m NW-SE) visible as a cropmark on Google Earth (imagery date 14 July 2018), identified and reported by Simon Dowling. A field boundary runs N-S through the W sector and other E-W through the S section. The cropmark is only visible from N-E-SE. A standing stone (CW009-003----) is located c. 50m to the S.
See attached:
CW009-047----_01 Google Earth image (imagery date 14 July 2018)
CW009-047----_02 Google Earth image (imagery date 14 July 2018) with enclosure highlighted
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 10 February 2020
A large oval fairy fort (ringfort/rath) in Tobinstown, likely dating to the early medieval period, identified as a cropmark in tillage. No specific folklore or historical traditions are recorded for this site.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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