What is recorded here
Situated on a hilltop now covered in trees. A circular shaped earthwork is depicted on Carne Hill on an estate map dating from 1798 (NLI, MS 21.F.48 (005) ). An unusually large circular area (approx. diam. 68m N-S; 66m E-W) enclosed by two earth and stone banks with a slight, wide intervening fosse. The perimeter of the monument has been disturbed by quarrying from W-N. The interior is uneven, and slopes from N to S and E.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 23 May 2017
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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