Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, straddles the S-facing side of roughly E–W ridge, overlooking gently undulating grassland to S and W. At NE–E the ground falls away to tracts of bog.
Raised circular area (25m E–W; 23.8m N–S) defined by a scarp (ext. H 1.1-1.5m) topped by a low jumble (Wth 1.4m) of stones. At N the scarp retains a slightly raised internal rim suggesting remnants of a bank of width c. 3m. At the base of the scarp, a field fence (Wth 1.3m; H c. 0.6m) of earth and stone, largely engulfed in overgrowth, encloses the rath NE–S–NW.
A low area (Wth 2m) in the scarp at E may mark the original entrance, but is largely blocked externally by overgrowth and field clearance debris. The interior is level. It is bisected, slightly E of centre, on a N–S axis by an earth and stone field fence.
The perimeter thickly ringed by hawthorn and blackthorn. A farm track, on a roughly NE–SW axis, lies immediately to N of the rath. There is a rath (MA050-016001----) 250m to WSW.

Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 12 June 2020