Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Martinstown (corkaree By.)

Situated on the SE facing slope of a high hill in grassland, with good views of the surrounding hilly countryside. A circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 23m NW-SE) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank (Wth 4m; H 1.5m at SE) and a wide deep external fosse. The perimeter has been quarried away from NNE-ESE. The interior slopes gently from SW-SE. A field fence running NE-SW, depicted as a roadway on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map, intersects the monument at NW. The enclosing element of the ringfort seems to have been mainly levelled since last site inspection, and is now visible as a crop mark on the Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. On this aerial photograph the only upstanding section of the enclosing bank is visible at SW. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 30 August 2017