What is recorded here
In low-lying pasture. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A raised subcircular area (c. 45m N-S; c. 40m E-W) enclosed by a collapsed stone wall (Wth 1.8-2.6m; H 0.4-0.8m). A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded an external fosse, which is no longer identifiable. The original entrance is not recognisable. The monument is densely overgrown with scrub.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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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