Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Downings North

Near the bottom of a short, gentle, N-facing pasture slope. A very poorly preserved, D-shaped area (diam. c. 50m E-W) with a straight W side (L c. 40m) is defined by a low scarp (H 0.4-0.8m) SE-N-E, and elsewhere by a short arc of low, intermittently gapped, earthen bank (Wth 4m; int H 0.4m; ext H 0.8m), and by a shallow, outer fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.2m) NE-E-SE. Degraded opposing gaps (Wth 2m) at N and S may be modern. The present W limits are truncated to accommodate a boithrín and farm buildings immediately outside to the SW and W which are shown on the 1st ed. (1838) of the OS 6-inch map. The interior is heavily poached by livestock. An annexe (KD013-010002-) adjoins the monument at S. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011