Add your own picture and explain the route, parking, gates, paths or landmarks that help people find it.
Earn 5 points after the picture is checked and accepted.
Add your photo and local directionsShare what you foundWhat is recorded here
Situated in gently undulating pasture immediately to the N of Balligilgan Strand. Not shown on any edition of the OS 6-inch map. It is mentioned in the OS Letters as follows: 'In Ballygilgan Townland there is a part of a fort remaining immediately to the north of Ballygillgan Strand, called Rath Aoibhinn - Arx Amoena.' (OSL, 105). There is no visible surface trace of any enclosure or fort in this area. The exact location of this monument is unknown.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 15 January 2015
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
The map shows the centre of the officially named townland area, not the monument. The government record does not identify the exact monument point.