Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, on a gently rising slope, with open views to N, in an area of mixed rough and average pasture and wet ground. There is a well 75m to SW.
This bivallate rath consists of a slightly raised circular area (34m N−S; 32.6m E−W) define by a short length of upstanding bank (Wth 2.6m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.9m) at E, which is reduced elsewhere around the circuit to a scarp (H 0.8-1.1m) with a slightly raised internal lip. Outside the bank/scarp is a fosse (Wth 4m) with an external bank (Wth 2.3m at W, 2.6m at E; int. H 0.4m at W, 0.6m at E; ext. H 0.5m at W, 0.3m at E). The enclosing scarp has broad gaps/damaged sections at ESE (Wth 6m), S (Wth 10m), and NW (Wth 5m), and N (Wth 5-10m). The fosse is well defined, marked by a dense growth of yellow flag. The outer bank is low, with several severely eroded sections; a large section (L 10m) is levelled at NNE; it is truncated by or incorporated into a field fence at SSE−S and at SW−W.
The W half of the interior appears to be at a slightly higher level to the E half. In the SW quadrant immediately adjacent to the scarp, there is a shallow hollow (c. 4m across), marked by a growth of nettles and thistles. Another rath (MA052-006----) is located 20m to NNE. A bowl barrow (MA052-009----) is visible on a hill 300m to S.

Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 26 June 2020