What is recorded here
No visible entrance remains, but the unbroken circular ridge and shallow outer ditch still outline a deliberate boundary. People may have lived inside that ring before the farm and drainage works changed the southwest quarter. The fairies keep the hidden half, waiting for the forgotten gate to reopen.
On a gentle NE-facing slope in pasture. A raised circular area (diam. 43.2m) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 4m; H 0.45m max.) with a shallow external fosse (Wth 4.1m; D 0.3m). It is divided into roughly equal portions by a modern NW-SE field boundary, which also marks the townland boundary. The portion to the SW, in Lissaghanedan townland, has been largely levelled and is occupied by a farmhouse, a septic tank and drains. The original entrance is not recognisable.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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