Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, on a rise with a steep fall of ground to NE, and good views in all directions over undulating terrain. The Pollagh River is 240m to W and the Glore River is 270m to E.
Roughly circular slightly raised area (32.4m E−W; 31m N−S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.8m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.5m, at SSE), which has been has been levelled at SSE−WNW.
The bank is quite low and degraded on its inner edge, retaining only a low internal rim. It is reduced to a scarp (H 1.1m at W) at W−NNE, with a particularly steep external slope (H 1.55m) at N−NNE, which is cut quite vertically.
The interior is level and grassy; ground level rises very slightly in the SW quadrant. The original entrance may have been at ENE, where a gap (Wth 3.5m) now allows tractor access to the interior. According to local tradition, there may be a souterrain (MA071-165001-) in the rath. A field wall/property boundary, oriented NW−SE, crosses the SW edge of the rath. Blackthorn scrub rings the bank/scarp. There is another rath (MA071-064----) 175m to SW.

Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 23 September 2021