Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

In a wooded area, on a SE-facing slope, immediately S of a lane. A roughly circular area (c. 27m N-S; c. 27m E-W) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse and a possible outer fosse. The inner bank (Wth 5.1m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.5m) is covered with undergrowth. The intervening fosse (Wth 2.2m at base) is evident NNW-NE and S-NW where it is used as a path; the path breaches the outer bank at NE and NW. The outer bank (Wth 1.9m; ext. H 1.45m) is evident NW-WSW and a stone-built NE-SW field boundary truncates it at WNW. The outer bank along the N and W arcs is abutted externally by an E-W estate wall and by a NE-SW path, respectively. A possible outer fosse (Wth 4m; D 0.4m) is evident SSE-SW. There is a causeway entrance (Wth c. 3.5m) at E. The interior is raised and slopes down to the E. There is a small depression, beside a Scot's Pine tree, in the S half of the interior. A large depression outside the outer bank at NNE may be the result of quarrying. According to local information, there was a limekiln nearby.

Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.

Date of upload: 31 January 2011