Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kilmeage

Described in 1972 as a roughly oval-shaped rath (diams. 59m E-W; 44m N-S) defined by an inner bank of earth and stone, which was hedged as a field boundary and gapped at W and S, and by an outer fosse. By 1986, the monument had been reduced to a low rise (H 0.6m) surrounded by a cropmark of thistles (SMR file). On a gentle S-facing pasture slope. The monument is still visible as a very slightly raised, oval area but later field boundaries, shown on the 1st (1838) and latest ed. (1910) of the OS 6-inch map radiating off the monument at NNW, NE, S and WNW, have been extended to join up in the interior of the site. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011