Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, located on a slight rise, with a stream c. 50m to W. Good views.
Slightly raised, roughly circular area (40m N–S; 44.2m E–W) defined by a bank of earth and stone, and enclosed by a fosse with an external bank or counterscarp.
The inner bank (Wth 2.7-3m, 3.5m at E; int. H 0.5-0.6m; ext. H 1.1m) appears be predominately earthen in its core makeup, but there is evidence for a facing of stone both internally and externally. Stones also protrude along the top of the bank. It is somewhat dilapidated and is eroded in parts by farm stock; it is lowest at W−N.
The fosse (Wth 2-2.3m) appears relatively narrow. The external bank survives only as a low, sod-covered stony rise, truncated on the N and E sides by a later field walls.
There is a gap (Wth 2.2m) in the inner bank at S with traces of a causeway over the fosse and a corresponding break in the external bank. The interior is level.
At the N the inner bank is incorporated into a roughly E–W field wall, flanking a trackway that overlies the line of the fosse.
Grass cover in interior; perimeter lightly ringed with hawthorn.

Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 2 October 2020