
What is recorded here
In gently undulating pasture. Circular area (24m N-S; 24m E-W) defined by scarped edge (H 0.45m; Wth 3m) with external fosse (D 0.15m; Wth c. 5m) and external bank (int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.45m). According to local information monument levelled-out to present form c. 1958. Enclosure under grass but differential growth-pattern (darker grass and concentration of weeds) accentuates line of fosse. External bank truncated NE->SE by field drain.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 21/1956).
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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