What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Parkplace,aghanvally stands in rolling pasture as a possible rath nearly sixty-five metres across. Its low earth-and-stone bank still circles part of the ground, but modern field boundaries cut through the north-east, east and south-east sections. A wide waterlogged ditch marks the outer edge, while a motte rises inside the broken ring. The site may have been a fortified home, a boundary marker or a place of story, yet its shape still suggests someone shaped the land to keep rain, danger or memory at a distance.
In rolling pasture. This possible rath (diam. c. 65m) is defined by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 3.9m; H 0.6m), which has been destroyed from NNE–E–SSE due to the construction of modern field boundaries. At the external base of the bank is a wide, waterlogged depression (Wth 5.3-8m; D 0.3-0.75m). The interior is occupied by a motte (LF023-059----).
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 May 2012
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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