What is recorded here
Situated on a slight natural rise in gently undulating grassland. Ringfort (WM009-026---) 140m to NW. Present remains consist of a poorly preserved D-shaped area (approx. diam. 26m N-S; 20m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank. The perimeter of the site has been destroyed by quarrying from ENE-S-WSW. On the E & N sides the perimeter of the monument is intersected by field fences. In the S quadrant is a circular steep-sided depression with a long depression extending N from its N side which may represent the remains of a Man-made underground passage although this is not certain. At the centre of the site are the remains of a conjoined hut site (WM009-027001-), visible as a rectangular and a circular hollow. The circular hollow (diam. 3.2m; D 0.7m) is centrally located, with the adjoining rectangular hollow (diam. 1.8m NE-SW; 1.5m NW-SE; D 0.8m) on its NW side.
See attached plan of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 16 May 2017
This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- No visible remains or recorded as destroyed
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