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In level pasture, with moderate views in all directions. The site is located 240m E of the townland boundary with Castleroberts, 350m N of Fanningstown Castle (LI021-047----) and 200m WNW of enclosure (LI021-050----). It is depicted as a large tree lined circular enclosure (ext. diam. c. 70m) on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map with field boundaries extending from the site to the S and E. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as an oval embanked enclosure (int. diam. c. 45m N-S; 49m E-W) surrounded by a bank and external fosse (ext. diam. c. 65m N-S; 68m E-W). Inspected by the ASI in 2000, and described as no surface remains visible. Known locally as a ‘fort’. The levelled enclosure is visible as a cropmark on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13, and on Google Earth orthophotos in 05/02/2009, 28/06/2018 and 14/02/2020. The Google Earth image dating from 28/06/2018 shows the dry bank as a ring of scorched grass surrounded by the fosse, a circular feature (diam. c. 8m) is also visible outside the enclosure c. 12m to SE. The site is likely to be a ringfort.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan
Date of upload: 10 August 2020
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