Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture on the W-facing slope of a N-S ridge. Recorded on the first edition (1837) of the OS 6-inch map as a circular area defined by an enclosing bank from NW-N-E-SE but with a farm lane (Wth c. 4m) running on the line of the enclosing bank from SE-W-NW. A roughly circular area (int. diam. 28m) is enclosed by an overgrown inner bank of earth and stone (int. H 0.1-0.5m; Wth 7-8m; ext. H 1.3-2.4m) which has been reduced to a scarp (H 1.3-2.6m) along the E and W, and an outer fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.3m) which is only visible from S-WSW but whose line can be followed as a berm (Wth 2m; ext. H 0.3m) a short distance farther between WSW and WNW. The interior contains three large and almost contiguous subcircular hollows (max. diams. 7m; max D 1m) in the W sector, partially cutting into the line of the enclosing scarp, and there is a fourth, overgrown rectangular hollow (L 9m NE-SW; Wth 6m) in the N sector. A second rath (MA070-117----) lies c. 230m to the E and there is a third rath (MA070-118----) c. 350m to the SE.

Date of visit: 9-5-2025

Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy