What is recorded here

Half a kilometre north of the forest ridge, a forgotten ring of earth still holds its shape inside the grass. The fort was levelled before any map remembered it, yet the circular shadow remains visible when the ground is surveyed without sunlight. It sits between damp land and a higher hill, waiting for someone to walk the missing entrance and ask why the area was cleared.

Located in pasture, on a low flat-topped elevation with a gentle fall of ground to an area of damp ground at W and N. It is overlooked c. 300m to E by a high ridge, now forested, and by a hill 250m to N on which another possible rath (MA069-038----) is located. This enclosure, most likely a rath, was levelled at some unknown date in the past. It is not shown on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. The outline of a circular enclosure is clearly visible in Lidar imagery. A roughly circular area (diam. c. 38m) is defined by a low undulation/levelled scarp (Wth slope c. 7m; H 0.8m at SW), which can be traced at ground level at S−NE where it coincides with a natural fall of ground. It is barely discernible on the E arc, which may be the location of the original entrance. The interior is grassy, flat and featureless. Notified to NMS by Steve McGlade. DG069-039----_01.JPG Levelled enclosure, viewed from W DG069-039----_02.JPG Lidar image (Open topographic data viewer) Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 10 May 2022

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