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Indicated — Kilgarriff (costello By., Aghamore Par.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Indicated — Kilgarriff (costello By., Aghamore Par.)
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In pasture, on rising ground overlooking expanses of wet, boggy ground to S–SE, and with views of higher ground to N. Slightly raised oval area (34.5m N–S; 40.8m E–W) defined by a scarp (H 1.6m), outside which it is enclosed by a fosse (Wth 3.5m at N, 4m at S) with remnants at SE–NE of an external bank (Wth 2.9m at N, 3.5m at S; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 0.5m). The enclosing scarp has a relatively vertical face which may be the result of relatively recent modification. The external bank has been adapted to serve as a field fence at SE–NW, and traces of stone facing are evident in parts. The original entrance may have been at ESE where there is a low gap (Wth 2.2m) in the scarp and a hint of a causeway across the fosse. The rath interior is grassy, flat and featureless; the perimeter is ringed with hazel and hawthorn trees. Cultivation ridges on a N–S axis are visible to N of the rath in the same field. Knox (1908, 110; 1911, 230) recorded that name of this rath as ‘Lisnacartha (Lis of the Artisans)’. Two raths (MA092-029----; MA092-030----) are located c. 250m to S and c. 260m to SE, respectively. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 February 2022

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