Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, close to the boundary on the NW end of the townland, located on a rise, with a natural depression of wettish ground intervening at S–SW between it and another rise, 90m to S, on which an enclosure (MA038-087----) is located.
Circular area (23m E–W; 23.8m N–S) defined by the remnants of a bank. The bank is evident on the W half as a low rise (Wth 3.8m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 0.6m, at NNW) of earth and stone, quite dilapidated and broadly slumped; on the E half it has been largely levelled, surviving only as a slight scarp, clipped on its outer edge at NE–ESE by a later field fence.
In the NW quadrant of the interior, there is a linear depression or trench (L 7.6m; Wth 2.3m; D 0.45-0.6m) on a NNE–SSW axis. At its SSW end, close to the inner face of the bank, it takes a right-angled turn and continues to SSE for 8.5m, then turns sharply again, possibly continuing for c. 4m to the E but this section is less clearly defined. Heaps of sod-covered earth or upcast border the trenches, and stones protrude from the sod in the base of the trenches.

Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 1 August 2019