Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Boardsland

Situated on a slight rise, in gently undulating pasture, with good views in all directions with ringfort (WM023-017----) 30m to NNE. Monument described in 1971 and 1976 as a circular-shaped area (diam. 52m) enclosed by a bank (H 1.5-2m) that has been incorporated into a field boundary from NNW-N and has been disturbed by quarrying. The original entrance is not clearly visible, although there is a gap at S. The interior rises toward the centre and has traces of cultivation ridges running E-W. A field bank and drain curve around the exterior of the monument from NE-E-SSE. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by ASI. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 23 July 2019