What is recorded here

Half a circle of earth stands above the Laune floodplain, its sharp southern edge cut back until only a D-shaped shadow remains. Cattle have bitten the surface into ruts and recent digging has scattered soil across what once measured thirty metres across. The fort has lost more than shape; it has lost the certainty of its own boundaries.

In pasture, on a dry area above the floodplain of the Laune River. The rath is indicated on the 1846 OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) while on the 1895 OS 6-inch map only the N and E arcs are depicted. The remains of a D-shaped area (dim. c. 20m E-W) is evident which is defined by a denunded scarp (H c. 2.2m) N-S and by a linear N-S field boundary at W (L c. 34m). The remaining surface of the rath is heavily eroded and poached by cattle. There is evidence of recent soil excavation from the area. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

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