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In level pasture. This rath is indicated on the 1846 OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 60m). A curving field boundary (Wth 2.1m; int. H 1.4m; ext. H 1.6m; L c. 12m) may follow the line of the E arc of the rath. This is probably one of the two raths recorded in the 1840s in the N side of the townland (OSNB, Nohovaldaly, 11). Subsequent to the site inspection, archaeological test trenches were excavated in the area of the rath (Kiely 2003b, 172). These revealed that the levelled bank varied in width between 4m and 6m and also uncovered a fosse (Wth c. 3.5m) c. 1m outside the bank (ibid.). In the 1940s it was recorded that this rath, which was in Dan Kelliher's land, was no longer evident (Schools Manuscript, Co. Kerry). Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011