
What is recorded here
Forty metres across and no more than a metre high, the fort at Cornadowagh has spent centuries being mistaken for a field bank, its stone and earth absorbed into the boundary of ordinary farmland. Two rings sit close together on the same slope, perhaps neighbours, perhaps ancestors, but the scrub has swallowed every doorway and room that would have answered the question. What remains is a ridge of patience, holding its shape long after the hands that shaped it disappeared.
On a terrace on a NE-facing slope. A raised oval area (34.5m E-W; 27m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 1-1.6m), which has been has been modified and incorporated into a field bank from ESE-S-SW. There is no trace of a fosse and the original entrance is not recognisable. Another rath (LF 011-003----) lies c. 12m to the E.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 29 November 2011
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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