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In reclaimed flat pasture, 50m E of the Morningstar River that forms townland boundary with Coolboy. Enclosure (LI039-021----) lies 316m to the E. Depicted on OSi historic maps as an oval-shaped platform defined by a scarp. In 1840 the Ordnance Survey recorded this monument as ‘one of ten ancient forts’ in the townland (OSNB Abbeyfeale to Bruree, 139). Surveyed by the OPW in 1964 and described as a circular-shaped platform (diam. c. 20m) defined by a scarp (H. 0.6m) with shallow fosse (Wth. 1.8m), intersected at E by a drainage channel. The interior slopes to the W, with bank (H. 0.6m) above the interior level. Monument partially levelled at E, visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 25/03/2017, as an oval-shaped platform (dims. c. 23m NE-SW; 16m NW-SE) enclosed by a low bank with fosse from SE-S-W-N. A sub-circular shaped area (dims. c. 5m N-S; 4m E-W) visible in the NW quadrant of the interior, could be the remains of a possible hut site. Trace of outer fosse enclosing the monument transected at SE by drainage channel running NE-SW. Modern gap at E visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 14/09/2019.
See attached section drawing by Henry A. Wheeler and Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 14 April 2021
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