
What is recorded here
In pasture, on gentle SE-facing slope. Roughly D-shaped area (diam. 33m E-W), enclosed by bank of earth and stone (H 2.6m). Gap (Wth 6m) in SE. External linear bank (L 18m; H 0.6m) of earth and stone runs parallel to site on S.
The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 308.
Date of upload: 5 January 2015
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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