Tobinstown Rath — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Circular area (diam. 34m) surrounded by bank with external fosse. At E, bank has been straightened slightly as field boundary. Bank and fosse have been cut back at S by adjacent road. Outer face of bank has been scarped at W. Entrance not identifiable.

Tobinstown Rath, Lisnevagh is a circular earthen ringfort, typical of early-medieval Ireland, likely dating to between the 5th and 10th centuries AD. Local tradition associates such sites with fairy folk, and this rath may have been considered a dwelling-place of the "good people" in folklore.

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