Ringfort - cashel

The National Monuments Service's description

In low-lying rough pastureland within a field system (CL009-059001-); a ridge rises c. 50m to the S. Indicated on the 1897 OS 25-inch map and the 1916 edition of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as enclosure in the RMP (1996).
A subcircular area (dims. 31.3m E-W; 29.2m N-S crest to crest) is defined by a stony earthen bank that is topped with a drystone field wall from NW to E to SW. A roughly N-S running field boundary cuts across it at NW and SW. The original bank (Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.3m) is well preserved to the W of the latter wall. Elsewhere it has been altered by the addition of the drystone wall and clearance. The level of the interior is lower than the external ground level (at E: bank Wth 3.2m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 0.6m). In the N sector, three or four overgrown spoil mounds (diam. 5-6m; H 1.5m) are likely the result of clearance. A farm trackway skirts the site from E to S. A wedge tomb (CL016-020030-) is located c. 50m to the SSE.

Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Lynda McCormack

Date of upload: 20 April 2022