Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Laragh (moycashel By.)

Situated on a slight rise, in pasture, with good views to E, W and towards Knockastia to N. Ringfort (WM031-081----) lies c. 55m to SE. Monument described in 1977 as a roughly circular-shaped area (diam. 29m) enclosed by an earthen bank and a potential external fosse. The bank is best preserved from NNE-NE-ENE, from SSW-SW-WSW and from WNW-NW-NNW and it is absent from E-ESE-SE-SSE. There are traces of a possible fosse from NW-N-NE-ENE. A low bank is visible from NW-N-NE-ENE outside the fosse, but this seems to be a later feature and possibly part of an old field boundary. A modern field bank runs roughly NW-SE past the edge of the site at E. There are shallow gaps in the bank from NW-N and NE, although there is no indication of an original entrance. The interior is fairly level across the NW half and has a gentle SE-facing slope across the remainder. There are no obvious features visible. Monument is visible today as a roughly circular-shaped tree-lined earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 22 November 2019