What is recorded here
Situated on top of a natural rise, in gently undulating pasture with good views in all directions. Depicted on the OS 6-inch map as an oval-shaped earthwork (dims. 35m N-S; 29m E-W), depicted as a polygonal-shaped field and not as an antiquity on the 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map. Levelled earthwork described in 1971 as no surface remains visible on a natural rise of land. Outline of tree-lined hillock visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 29 July 2019
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
Places near here
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Lissanode Househouse · 1.1 mi
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Dún na SíMuseum · 3.5 mi
Charles BianconiMemorial · 4.1 mi
Moate HillMountain / peak · 4.3 mi
European ashEuropean ash · 7.4 miOther information
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