What is recorded here

No map maker thought the mound worth marking, yet the grass still swells into a broad oval above the flat coastal pasture. A stone wall cuts through its heart, dividing the forgotten fort into sections like a farmer apportioning land. The fairies may have built it, according to local story, but human hands likely shaped the earth before forgetting the name.

In gently undulating coastal pasture, encompassing a low elevation, with excellent views in all directions. Though low the elevation is clearly visible as a high point in the surrounding level terrain. It is intersected by the townland boundary. This possible rath is not indicated on the 1838 and 1922 OS 6-inch maps. It is evident as a slightly domed oval area (c. 30m E-W; c. 40-45m N-S) with gently sloping, broadly slumped sides (H 1.1.5m; Wth of slope 7-8m). The outline can be clearly traced S−E, but the SE arc is poorly defined. A field wall/townland boundary bisects the interior centrally on a N-S axis, and a perpendicular field wall bisecting the E half. Remnants of a levelled E−W field fence abut the NW arc. There is a local tradition of a 'fort' at this location. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 13 November 2018

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