What is recorded here
Thirty metres of forgotten life remain buried under Killasona pasture. The road cut through the eastern edge, but the western bank still holds its shape against the sky. What hands built that curve, and what did they lose when the wheels came through?
In level pasture. A raised oval area (c. 39m WNW-ESE; c. 30m NNE-SSW) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 3.9m; max. H 0.3m) with a shallow external fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.4m). The latter is identifiable only at S and W. From NW-N-NE the bank has been levelled but its outline is still identifiable. From NE-E-ESE the rath has been partially destroyed due to the construction of a modern NW-SE roadway. The original entrance is not recognisable.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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