What is recorded here
In flat terrain in a marshy area which has been reclaimed. A stream runs c. 100m to the NW. Circular area (diam. 23m) defined by a denuded bank (Wth 4.4m crest; 7.6m base), flattened to form a scarp (H 0.76m). There is a slight suggestion of an outer fosse. The ringfort is grass covered in reclaimed pasture.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 29 November 2013
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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