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In pasture, located on a rise on top of a ridge.
Listed in the SMR (1991) and RMP (1997) as an enclosure on the basis of a circular feature visible on an aerial photograph (SMR file: GSI M 685- 4). Shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as an irregular-shaped enclosure, with a rectangular vernacular house immediately to SE; indicated on the 1930 edition as a roughly oval enclosure.
Raised roughly oval area (28m N–S; 20m E–W) defined by a scarp (H 1.3m at W), which is incorporated at N–E into a later field wall. Remnants of drystone walling on the external face, and on top of the scarp to W appear to be the result of relatively recent modification. A gap (Wth c. 2m) in the scarp at SE may be an original entrance.
The interior slopes down gently from centre to SE. There is a local tradition of a souterrain (MA072-092001-) in the rath. Long grass and ferns grow in the interior; the perimeter is thickly ringed with hawthorn, ash with a few conifers planted on E side.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 21 May 2021
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