Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

On a small bluff, with ground level to the E and S but falling sharply from the S and W to the valley floor, on the lower slopes of the Nuenna river valley, in reclaimed grassland. There are good views all directions, though they are confined by the sides of the valley. There is another ringfort (KK012-037----) c. 240m to the W and smaller ringforts (KK012-036----; KK012-035----; KK012-034----) c. 480m, c. 540m and c. 560m to the NW, NNW and N respectively. A trivallate ringfort consisting of a circular area (int. diam. c. 40m) enclosed by a flat-topped stone-faced bank (Wth 1m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 2m) with a steep drop to a wide flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 2m; D c. 1.2-1.5m), bank (Wth 5m; ext. H c. 0.4m); outer fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.3m) and outer bank (Wth 1.75m; ext. H c. 0.3m). The middle bank largely survives as a wide berm. The monument is heavily overgrown with thorn trees. The original entrance (Wth 2m) appears to have been in the W quadrant where there is a break in the banks and a causeway across the fosses. There is a also a gap (Wth 2m) at N through the inner and middle bank.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 30 July 2019