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Indicated — Ardkeenan

Fairy fort / stone ringfort
Indicated — Ardkeenan
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Why this matters

A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

What is recorded here

On a slight rise in an undulating landscape. Subcircular grass and scrub-covered area (dims 50.6m NNW-SSE; 42.5m ENE-WSW) defined by the remains of a stone wall (at SE: original Wth 1.55m) overlain by a drystone wall and hedge, and obscured by field stones. The original entrance is not identified. At SE is a children's burial ground (RO051-063002-), visible as a triangular enclosure (ext. dims 18m E-W; 10m N-S) defined by the remains of stone walls at N and W and the inner face of the cashel wall at SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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