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Embanked enclosure — Gillstown

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

Why this matters

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

What is recorded here

On a gentle SW-facing slope with a S-N section of the Scrammoge River c. 220m to the W. Described as a circular area (diam. c. 34m N-S) defined by two earthen banks and an intervening fosse with a possible hut site (RO023-143002-) at the centre (Gannon 1972). It is not now visible at ground level in pasture. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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