Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rackavra

Situated on a rise, on top of a ridge, in pasture, with extensive views in all directions. Monument described in 1971 and 1980 as a roughly circular-shaped area (diam. 54m) enclosed by a bank, an intervening fosse and an outer bank. The substantial earth and stone inner bank has several small gaps and is almost reduced to a scarp in places. The fosse is wide and flat-bottomed from NE-E-S-SSW and contains field clearance stones from N-NE and from SSW-W-N. The outer bank is visible from N-NE and is incorporated into the townland boundary from NE-E-S-SSW where it is a drystone wall. There are possible remains of internal stone facing at NE. Although there are a number of disturbance gaps in the bank at N, E and S, the original entrance is not recognisable. The interior is level and a field wall running roughly NE-SW extends across the E quadrant. Monument is visible today as a tree-covered earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 12 August 2019