Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

On level ground to the S of a modern garden and farmyard, with moderate views in all directions. The ringfort is 40m SW of the junction with the townland boundaries of Killeen and Ballygeale, enclosure (LI021-044----) lies 580m to SW. It is depicted as a small circular field (diam. c. 30m) adjoining the SE side of a historic farmstead on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. The site is later depicted as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. 34m N-S; 29m E-W) on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map with its NW quadrant adjoining a farmstead. Inspected by the ASI in 2001, and described as a raised roughly circular area (int. diam. c. 30m), the interior of the fort was level, dry and densely overgrown at the S. The site was enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 4.3m; H int. 0.45; ext. 1.15m) on all sides. The external edge of the bank was disturbed by a concrete farmyard wall on the N and W, a concrete garden wall on the NE and wire fencing to the S and E, no fosse was visible. Monument visible as a circular-shaped overgrown tree-covered area on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018 and 14/02/2020.

See attached Google Earth orthoimages

Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan

Date of upload: 10 August 2020