What is recorded here
In pasture, on NW-facing slope. Roughly circular area (41m N-S; 36m E-W), enclosed by substantial earthen bank (H 1m), with external fosse (D 0.5m) W to N. Gap in bank to NE (Wth 2.2m). Possible Man-made underground passage (MA100-014001-) in S.
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. 197.
Date of upload: 23 January 2013
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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