What is recorded here

On the steep east side of a Kilkenny valley, a thirty-metre earthen ring stands above reclaimed grassland, its wide fosse and causewayed entrance preserving the shape of an old rath. The interior holds wet earth and scattered trees rather than clean stone, suggesting people once lived there before water and roots took the place back. It is the kind of fort that looks harmless in daylight but keeps its own counsel at dusk, waiting for someone foolish enough to trust the fairness of its views.

On the fairly steep E side of valley, a little above the valley floor, in reclaimed grassland. There are fair to good views in all directions, except upslope to the E. A circular area (int. diam. 30m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1m; ext. H 1.5m; Wth at crest 2m; overall Wth 3m) and wide, flat-bottomed external fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.75m). There is a causewayed entrance (Wth 2.5m) at the NW. The interior was wet and cattle poached when visited in the winter of 1987, with trees growing around the bank and some in the interior. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 23 March 2020

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