What is recorded here
In undulating pasture, on SE slope of rise. Circular area (45m N-S; 44m E-W), enclosed by inner earthen bank (H 0.6m); external fosse (D 2.1m) and outer earthen bank (H 0.8m) N to SW. Gap (Wth 1.7m) in NW of inner bank. Entrance with causeway (Wth 3.6m) on E. Two subrectangular hut sites (MA118-099002-; MA118-090003-) with low earthen banks, in interior.
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. 143.
Date of upload: 20 December 2013
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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