Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, located on a rise with good views generally, and overlooking a natural hollow of wet ground which lies c. 100m to W.
Raised circular area (22.2m N–S; 24.2m E–W) defined by a bank (Wth 1.7m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.5m) of earth and stones, reduced almost to a scarp for much of its circuit. There is a break (W 1.4m) in the bank at SE. The interior has an uneven surface. A low bank/wall (Wth 1.2m; H 0.2m), on a N–S axis, extends through the W half of the interior; at its S end, close to the rath bank, there is a rectangular pit (5m E–W; 4m N–S; D 0.8m) with stones visible on its sides and base. In the E half of the interior, there is a slight, poorly defined rise or scarp (H 0.3m), set a few meters in from the bank, which curves from NE to S. Outside the bank, a low sloping terrace (W 3-3.8m; H c. 0.3m) skirts the rath at E-SSW, with less clearly defined traces also evident at N. It may be the remnants of an outer enclosing element. There is a field fence, on a roughly N–S axis, immediately to W of the rath, and a depression, representing an old area of quarrying or disturbance, is located immediately to NW.

Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 29 July 2019