What is recorded here
In undulating pasture. Circular area (24m N-S; 26m E-W), enclosed by earthen bank (H 0.9m) SW to ENE. Levelled on S where site is delimited by stone fence. Possibly a ringfort.
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. 408.
Date of upload: 20 December 2013
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
Places near here
IndicatedFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 682 yd
Enclosure in BallyjenningsEnclosure · 943 yd
Castle in ruinsCastle, tower house · 1001 yd
Church in ruinsChurch · 1750 yd
Bawn in Kilquire LowerBawn · 1.5 mi
Fort Villefarm house · 1.6 mi
European ashEuropean ash · 3.1 mi
SycamoreSycamore · 3.6 mi
LabbadermotCave · 4.0 mi
Easter IslandIslet · 6.1 mi
Bartragh IslandIslet · 6.3 mi
School of FalconryHeritage attraction · 7.0 mi