What is recorded here

Indicated is a circular earthen fort thirty-two metres across, standing in wet pasture beside a north-flowing stream near Bohola. Its narrow bank rises two metres externally but collapses into a low scarp on the western interior, suggesting the structure may have faced east or been altered before human memory. Ash and sycamore trees ring the ridge, while blackthorn bushes clutter the level centre, turning a defensive workspace into a shaded chamber where forgotten lives still echo through the grass.

In wettish pasture, located a few meters E of a N-flowing stream. A concrete wall lies a few meters N of the rath bordering the N5. Bohola village is located immediately to W. Raised circular area (32m N−S; 32m E−W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.35m at N; int. H 0.45m at N, 1.1m at E; ext. H 1.8 at N). The bank is cut vertically externally and is consistently high (1.8-2m) and relatively narrow (2.5-3m) around its circuit. Internally, the bank is highest on the E arc, and is very low on the W half, reduced almost to a scarp. A hint of a depression (Wth c. 2.5m) outside the bank, clearest at W, may indicate a fosse. There is a gap (Wth 1m) at NE, but it is not clear if this is an original entrance; several narrow gaps around the circuit have been eroded by cattle. The interior is fairly level, with a very slight slope down from centre to the NE quadrant. The bank is ringed with ash and sycamore trees, and there are a few blackthorn bushes in the interior. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 17 August 2021

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