Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a slight SSW facing slope in gently undulating grassland with excellent views from E-S-SW. Large ringfort (WM010-006---), possible mound barrow (WM010-003----) and Emper Fair Green 456 and 330m to WSW respectively. Depicted as a raised circular-shaped platform defined by a bank with fosse and external bank on the 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map. On the revised 192 ed. OS 25-inch map only the outer enclosing element of the monument is depicted, with no depiction of the raised central platform.
Described in 1976 as a large circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 55m NE-SW) enclosed by an earthen bank with wide shallow external fosse. From SW-W-N-NE the perimeter of the site is formed by a field fence as depicted on the 1912 ed. OS 6-inch. Today the enclosing element of the monument from NE-E-S-SW has been levelled and is now visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph a crop mark. Its depiction on the 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map suggests that this was originally a bivallate ringfort, with a raised circular-shaped platform (approx. diam. 25m NW-SE).

See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI.

Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 23 August 2018