What is recorded here

On a low rise of pasture in undulating countryside with good views in all directions. Killough Hill lies immediately to the S and Killough Castle is 670m to the W. Much degraded levelled ringfort consisting of a circular area (diam. 59m N-S; 42m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.4m) and possible outer fosse (Wth 2m; ext. D 0.1m) visible at S only, the monument is best preserved from S to W. The field boundaries depicted on the OS 6-inch map as immediately enclosing the ringfort are no longer visible. A sketch plan and section of the monument from the 1950s shows a fosse along the W side between the bank and the field boundary (OPW files). It is described as a well-preserved monument but under threat from agricultural development in 1974 (Cahill, 1982), probably partially levelled around the mid 1970s when field boundaries were removed. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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