What is recorded here
Towards the bottom of a gentle E-facing slope of Slieve Bawn, and on the N bank of a NW-SE section of a W-E stream. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 32m E-W; 30m N-S) defined by an overgrown fosse (Wth of top 5-5.5m; Wth of base 2-2.8m; int. D 1.3-1.6m; ext. D 0.3m) NW-E-S, and a scarp (H 1.3m) elsewhere. There is a ramp entrance (Wth 4m) at NE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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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