Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Loftushall

Located on the level landscape of the low-lying and narrow part (L c. 4.5km NE-SW; Wth c. 600m-1.5km NW-SE) of the Hook peninsula, in a field which is called the 'Rath Field' on a map of 1771 (Hore 1900-11, vol. 4. 376-7; Colfer 1978, 8). The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 45m) defined by a faint fosse feature S-W-N is visible on aerial photographs (MM (31) 8-10). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 31 March, 2014