
What is recorded here
Situated on a slight rise, in gently undulating pasture, with extensive views to SE. Monument described as a much disturbed roughly circular-shaped area (dims. 34m E-W) enclosed by a low, earth and stone bank visible from E-S-WSW with dry-stone facing on the exterior from ESE-E. The bank has small gaps and several slight depressions. The monument has been much disturbed by quarrying activity from W-N-NE and the resultant Z-shaped scarp has been faced with drystone masonry. There are possible traces of a shallow external fosse and a low outer bank from SSE-S-SW. The original entrance is not recognisable. The interior has a general ENE-facing slope and there is a subrectangular-shaped depression in the NE quadrant. The W and N quadrants and the centre have been dug out to facilitate an old farmyard. A field boundary abuts the monument at ESE.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 23 September 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
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