What is recorded here
Depicted as an embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 30m) on an 18th-century map (Kelly, M. J. 2000), and situated on level ground in Castlerea town on the N bank of the ESE-WNW Francis River just after it turns SW before joining a N-S section of the River Suck. The location is now occupied by the cattle mart or is on the present line of the river.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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