Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, located on a gentle SE-facing slope on the NW shore of Carrowkeribly Lough.
Oval area (42m NNE–SSW; 32m WNW–ESE) defined by an earthen bank and enclosed by a fosse. The bank (Wth 4.7m at SE, c. 6m at SW; int. H 0.15m at SE, 0.4m at SW; ext. H 1.5-1.6m) appears to have been partly levelled. It retains a pronounced external slope but retains only as a low, broadly-slumped internal rim. The fosse (Wth 5m) is broad, with a flat base, and is most clearly defined at SSW–N. In parts, the fosse appears to have a stony rim on it outer edge, but there is no definitive evidence for an external bank. The entrance may have been at E where there is a low area (Wth c. 2m) in the inner bank and a break (Wth 7m) in the fosse. Faint traces of possible cultivation ridges, on a NW–SE orientation, can be seen in the interior. According to local information, a depression (8m E–W; 3m N–S) in the W half of the interior marks the location of a souterrain (MA039-108001-).
The rath interior is covered with grass and ferns, with a few hawthorn bushes on the perimeter.

Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 1 April 2020