Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, located at the W end of an E–W ridge, with a steep fall of ground to S giving extensive views over an expanse of pasture and bog. There is a dip in ground to NNW into a lowlying area fed by a stream.
Raised broadly oval area (29.5m NNW–SSE; 25.9 ENW–WSW) defined by an earthen scarp. The scarp (H 1.5m) is well defined at SSE–NW, but is dilapidated at N–SE, and a portion has been dug away at E–SW. Outside the scarp at W–N, the natural contours of the ridge provide a level terrace defined on its outer edge by a scarp (H 1.8m); at SW and N the terrace peters out to a broad slope.
The rath interior is level. There is a shallow depression (c. 5m E–W; c. 4m N–S), adjacent to the scarp at W. This may relate to a souterrain (MA050-004002-), which according to local information, is located in the interior.
A field wall/property boundary on a NNW–SSE axis bisected the interior to E of centre, and a perpendicular sod-covered field bank extends to WSW through the SW quadrant. Gorse, brambles and blackthorn intermittently ring the perimeter, and encroach on the interior in parts.

Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 12 June 2020