What is recorded here
Situated on a slight rise, in gently undulating pasture, with good views in most directions. Ringforts (WM026-012----/-011----) lie. c. 122m to NW and c. 188m to W, respectively. Monument described in 1971 as a much disturbed roughly circular-shaped area (diam. 29m) enclosed by a scarp. The perimeter has been dug away from NNW-N-NE and from ENE-E-SSE. There is no visible trace of an external fosse and the original entrance is not visible. The interior is very uneven, having several small humps which appear to be a grass covered stones. A low scarp (H 0.5m) extends (L 11m) from the perimeter at S into the interior. It has a very slight depression (Wth 1.2m; D 0.2m) along its E side. Remains of a wide fosse and external bank at SW are visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs. Cultivation ridges with a possible house site are visible immediately SW of the ringfort on Digital Globe aerial images.
See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 30 September 2019
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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