What is recorded here
In pasture, in an area liable to floods, on the N bank of the Laune River. Access to the rath was not gained as the area was inaccessible due to winter floods. The rath is indicated on the 1846 OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. 25m). It is indicated as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) on the 1895 OS 6-inch map.
Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.
Date of upload: 31 January 2011
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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