What is recorded here
Situated on N facing slope of low hillock with good views in all directions. Ringfort (WM026-039----) 150m to SSE, Kilronan church (WM026-037001-) and graveyard (WM026-037001-) 180m to S, building (WM026-035----) 290m to SSW and standing stone (WM026-036----)180m to SW. Slightly raised circular-shaped area (diam. 31m NE-SW x 29m SE-NW) enclosed by a substantial earth and stone bank and a deep, wide flat-bottomed fosse with no clear entrance feature visible. The external face of the bank is intersected at W by a post-1700 field fence running N-S as depicted on the 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map. No evidence for external fosse at W due to intersection of post-1700 field boundary. A gap (Wth 4m) at W now closed by later field boundary may be remains of original entrance feature although this is not certain. The monument is now covered in scrub and vegetation making detailed examination difficult.
See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 23 January 2018
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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