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In reclaimed pasture 30m SW of earthwork (LI040-082001-). Depicted on the OSi 25-inch map as a raised circular-shaped platform (diam. c. 26m) defined by a scarp with fosse. Westropp (1917-19, 174) described this ringfort as, ‘a marsh fort, a ring, 66 feet (20m) inside; the rampart is 6 feet (1.8m) thick and high, the fosse 12 feet (3.6m) wide and only 2 feet to 3 feet (0.6-0.9m) deep, with an outer ring 3 feet (0.9m) high and 6 feet (1.8m) thick. Windele describes it as,"a motte 13 feet (3.9m) high with a cave in which a dog was lost" ’. Visible as a raised circular-shaped area defined by a scarp with fosse and outer bank on aerial photograph (ASIAP (344) 0, 3) taken 05/01/2003 and on oblique aerial photograph taken 20/07/1968 (CUCAP AVT028). Monument is clearly visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 19/09/2019 where it is intersected at NW by a field drain running NE-SW.
See attached CUCAP aerial image, (ASIAP (344) 0) and Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 10 June 2021
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