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On level pasture with moderate views in all directions, enclosure (LI021-046----) 200m to WNW and Fanningstown Castle (LI021-047----) 300m to SW. The enclosure is not shown on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map and is first depicted on the 1897 ed. OS 25-inch map as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. 45m) surrounded by a wide fosse which only survives on the S and NW side , the E side of the site is truncated by a later field boundary. Site surveyed by the ASI in 2000 and described as largely levelled with very low relief remains visible. It consisted of a slightly raised circular area (int. diam. 22m N-S; 21m E-W) defined by a scarped edge. The scarped edge where the former fosse is located survived as a distinct slope from the edge of the interior of the monument down to the surrounding field surface (Wth 3.4m; D 0.2m). The ringfort is visible on Google Earth orthophotos taken 28/06/2018 and 14/02/2020.
See attached sketch plan surveyed and drawn by the ASI and Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan
Date of upload: 11 August 2020
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