What is recorded here

Half a century of ploughing and grazing has sanded the edges of Aghamore Lower, yet the fort still holds its shape on the western slope. A broad earth bank, a waterlogged ditch and a faint outer ridge enclose a space large enough for houses, herds and argument. The entrance remains marked by a causeway at the south-east, inviting entry across the wet grass. People may have watched the valley from here, judged weather, kept fire light or simply refused to leave the best view in the parish.

On a W-facing slope in pasture affording panoramic views in all directions. A raised subcircular area (34.2m E–W; 32.2m N–S) enclosed by a wide, low bank of earth and stone (Wth 8.3m; H 0.4m), a wide, deep, waterlogged, intervening fosse (Wth 6m; D 1.4m) and a low outer bank (Wth 2.9m; H 0.3m). From NE–E–SE the bank has been levelled and the fosse is partially infilled. The outer bank is identifiable only from SW–W–N. From SSE–S–SW a modern field boundary probably incorporates the line of this bank. A break (Wth 2.9m) in the bank at SSE with an accompanying causeway marks the original entrance. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 23 November 2011

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