Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, located on the top of a N−S ridge. There are good views, especially to W where the ground falls away for c. 100m gradually then more abruptly to a deep, narrow stream valley.
This enclosure is not shown on the 1837 OS 6-inch map; it is indicated on the 1919 edition as a shallow hachured arc, curving S−N, and abutted at either end by field boundaries.
It has been partly levelled but the outline of an oval area (c. 45m NW-SE; c. 62m NE-SW) can still be traced at ground level. It is defined by a low scarp at SSW−NNE, which is best preserved at SW−W (H 1.4m at W). The E−SE arc has been levelled to a barely discernible undulation. There is a broad, shallow curving depression (Wth c. 6m) outside the scarp at ESE−SSW, which may indicate an external fosse.
A field fence, on an ESE-WNW axis, crosses the N half of the rath. Traces of cultivation ridges traverse the interior. Hawthorn trees grow on the enclosing scarp at S−W.
A rath (MA062-032----) is located 195m to NW and another (MA062-068----) is located 180m to S.

Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 26 January 2021