What is recorded here
In pasture, located 200m SW of the Owenlobnaglaur river, in an area of mixed grassland and bog. Roughly circular area (diam. c. 25m NE−SW) defined by a stone bank/wall (Wth 2-2.4m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.8m at SE). Dense overgrowth hampered inspection of the stone bank. It is evident in parts as a jumble of stones and boulders; at W it consists of a stony scarp (ext. H c. 0.8m). The rath is bisected centrally by a field wall on a NE−SW axis, and another wall on a N−S axis abuts it at NNW. Dense cover of hawthorn, elder, brambles and nettles, with stones and boulders scattered across the interior.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA063-002
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Duncan Grant, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Aiden Clarke, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Jon Sullivan, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
- Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Richard Webb, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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