Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

On a slight S-facing slope, in pasture, with good views in all directions. Ringfort (LI021-102----) lies 45m to N. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OS 25-inch map as a suboval-shaped earthwork abutting a trackway to W. Monument surveyed by the ASI in 2000 and described as a slightly raised circular-shaped area (24m E-W; 21.7m N-S) defined by a poorly preserved earthen bank (top Wth 1.9m; overall Wth 6.3m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.7m) visible from N-E-S-SSW and reduced to a scarp from SSW-W-N, with shallow external fosse (base Wth 2.2m; overall Wth 5.2m; D 0.2m) visible from N-E-S and infilled from S-W-N, where a field boundary intersects the site. The bank has intermittent cattle breaks from SE-S-SW. A gap through the bank at NE seems modern. The interior is level, dry and clear of overgrowth. Monument is visible as a tree-lined earthwork on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018.

See attached sketch plan surveyed and drawn by ASI and Google Earth orthoimages.

Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly

Date of upload: 29 July 2020