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Enclosure in Inchacoomb

Enclosure

Why this matters

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

What is recorded here

In reclaimed pasture 140m E of the River Aherlow that marks the townland boundary with Ballyfauskeen. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a roughly circular earthwork (diam. c. 25m). Not shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map, indicating that the monument was levelled between these map date. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 18 October 2021
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