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In rough heather-covered pasture, located on a level terrace on the lower NW–facing slope of a hill, overshadowed to E–SE by the steep slopes of the Ox Mountains. The terrace wraps around the rath, with a fall of ground from its S–W edge. The location provides panoramic view SW–NE, overlooking Ballymore Lough in the foreground at NW, with the Nephin Beg Range defining the far distant skyline to W. Forestry covers the hill slopes a few fields away at E–S.
Subcircular area (diam. 22m) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2m at SE, 3.1m at N; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 0.3m at SE, 1.3m at N). There is a break (Wth 2m) in the bank at NE, now partly blocked by stones and overgrowth. The interior is level, with relict cultivation ridges, on a NNE–SSW axis, clearly visible through out. A shallow, narrow gully (Wth 0.4m) cuts through the bank at SE, and continues beyond the rath to SE for a few meters –possibly for drainage related to the cultivation ridges.
Heather, gorse, hawthorn and blackthorn grow around the bank; grass, heather and ferns in the interior.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 5 February 2020
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