What is recorded here

Half a metre of earthen wall and a four-metre ditch still mark the ring in Carrownahooan West, though marsh grass and later field boundaries have blurred the edge. The causeway at the east-north-east remains narrow enough to force every visitor into a single file, a small gate kept open beneath the sky. People may have stood there watching the south and east horizon, reading weather or waiting for news, while the conifers later choked the western view. The fort does not need fairy legend to feel occupied; its shape still directs the body and holds the attention of anyone who walks its broken circle.

In marshy pasture, near the top of a gentle S-facing rise with extensive views to S and E, truncated by conifer plantations to W. Hachured on the 1840 and 1916 eds. OS 6-inch maps. A subcircular rath (36.5m N-S; 40.5m E-W) defined by a scarp from N to S and traces of an inner bank (ext. H 0.3-0.55m; Wth 2m) at W, a flat-based fosse (Wth 4-5m; ext. H 0.35-0.6m), and an outer bank (Wth 3-3.25m; ext. H 0.25-0.6m). At ENE a causeway (Wth 1.75m) crosses the fosse. The interior (24.5m N-S; 24m E-W) is slightly dished and its northern half is overgrown. At S and W later earthen field boundaries overlie the outer bank of the rath. The following image has been uploaded: CL015-007----_01.jpg Aerial view of rath from N (ASI aerial photo, SMR file) Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell Date of upload: 5 September 2022

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