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Situated on a low rise, 180m W of the River Deel, in undulating pasture with extensive views in all directions. Ringfort (WM021-010----) lies c. 90m to N. Not depicted on the 1837 OS 6-inch map or on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map. Circular-shaped earthwork depicted on an estate map of Wardenstown (NLI, MS 21 F. 47 (034) ).
Monument described in 1980 as an oval-shaped area (dims. 39m E-W; 31m N-S) enclosed by a poorly preserved bank visible from E-SSE that is reduced to a low scarp from SW-W-N-E-ESE and a slightly sharper scarp from SE-S-SSW. There is no indication of an entrance. A short distance beyond the perimeter, there is a scarp from NW-N-E-SE which can be seen clearly on Digital Globe aerial photography. It is unclear if this forms part of the wider monument. The perimeter has been quarried away from NE-E and the interior has been dug into at W and SW edge, where there are two depressions. The interior rises towards the centre from the N and to a lesser extent from the SE. There are old cultivation ridges running roughly N-S across the interior and similar ridges can be seen in the field to W. Monument is visible today as an oval-shaped earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 10 July 2019
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