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Situated on a high ridge, in pasture, with commanding views of the surrounding landscape. Ringfort (WM031-031----) lies c. 140m to WSW. Dnnotated 'Fort' on the OS Fair Plan map and depicted s a circular-shaped earthwork. Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as a roughly oval-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1973 as a roughly circular-shaped area (diam. 27m) enclosed by a low bank from SSW-W-NW, reduced to a scarp from NW-E-SSE. The bank has been disturbed from SSE-S-SSW. There is no trace of an external fosse. The interior is relatively level with a depression near the centre and is strewn with loose stone. Monument is visible today as a roughly oval-shaped tree-planted earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 13 November 2019
This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed.
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