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Enclosure in Dalystown

Enclosure

Why this matters

A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

What is recorded here

In pasture on the S shoulder of a ridge of high ground. This raised circular area (diam. c. 21m) is defined by a levelled bank of earth and stone (Wth c. 1.8m) with traces of an infilled external fosse visible intermittently from NE-S-NW (Wth c. 2m; max. D 0.2m). The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 24 January 2012
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