
What is recorded here
At the crest of the NW-facing slope of a broad hill. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 38.5m NE-W; 35.6m NW-SE) defined by a poached earthen bank and hedge (Wth 4-4.4m; int. H 0.5-0.65m; ext. H 1.4-1.5m), with an outer fosse (at SW: Wth of top 4.2m; Wth of base 1.5m; D 0.8m) S-W-N. The entrance (Wth 1.1m) is at N, and some low scarps in the interior are the remains of an overlying field system which does not survive outside the monument.
See the attached aerial image taken from the SE
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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