What is recorded here
In undulating pasture. Roughly circular area (58m N-S; 51m E-W), enclosed by poorly preserved earthen bank (H 1.5m), with deep external fosse (D 1.4m). Two roads converge in site's interior, cutting through the bank and fosse on the N, E and W. S half of site levelled; only bare outline visible.
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. 212.
Date of upload: 6 February 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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