Why this matters
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
What is recorded here
Situated on a natural rise in undulating countryside. Roughly circular area (diam 35m) enclosed by a low earth and stone bank reduced in places to a scarp with no enclosing element at N. No evidence of an external fosse or entrance feature.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 May 2011
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