What is recorded here

Half-buried in a green ridge above Longford, the fort keeps a shallow saucer of shadow while its wide bank disappears into grass. It faced the sky on every side, perhaps watching roads, herds or passing storms before people stopped building there. A kiln sat nearby on old surveys, suggesting fire and trade continued long after the ring closed. The missing entrance does not weaken the place; it invites imagination about who entered, what they carried and why they left the fort behind.

On the S-facing slope of a ridge in reclaimed grassland with good views in all directions. A cashel (LF023-071----) lies c. 300m to the SSE. A saucer-shaped area (diam. c. 22m) is enclosed by a wide, low denuded bank of earth and stone (Wth c. 6-8m; H c. 1m) that has been levelled at N due to the removal of an E–W field boundary into which it had been incorporated. The original entrance is not recognisable. Possibly the remains of a levelled rath or cashel. On the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map a post-medieval limekiln is depicted c. 15m to the NW. (CUCAP, AVJ 51) Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 24 January 2012

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