
What is recorded here
Situated on an irregular-shaped rise (300ft/91m OD) in undulating pasture, with good views of the surrounding landscape. Ringfort (WM031-071----) conjoined to SW. Annotated 'Forts' on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map and depicted as one of a pair of conjoined oval-shaped earthworks. Annotated ‘Rathbane’ on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map and depicted as a roughly oval-shaped earthwork with a small rectangular-shaped structure (WM031-071001-) in NE quadrant. Levelled monument described in 1973 as no surface remains visible. Levelled ringfort is visible today as a small hillock with vague traces of a cropmark on Digital Globe aerial photography.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 22 November 2019
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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