Ringfort - unclassified

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on E facing slope of a natural rise, in pasture with good views in all directions, c. 400m S of Shinglis House. The site of a 17th century military camp (WM017-086----) lies c. 33m to SSW, an enclosure (WM017-084----) lies c. 65m to SW, and Shinglis Castle (WM017-083----) stands c. c. 325m to NW.
Depicted on the 1837 OS 6-inch map as a circular-shaped enclosure. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a roughly oval-shaped enclosure to the immediate SE of an OS trig. station marking 350ft OD. Described in 1983 as an oval, almost pear-shaped area (dims. 30m E-W; 21.50m N-S) enclosed by the remains of an earthen bank from WNW-W-NE which is reduced to a scarp from NE-E-S-W-NNW, with traces of an external fosse from NW-W-S-E. A low outer earthen bank is only visible from ESE-S-W-N-NE and has a sharp profile and may have been modified to form a post-1700 field bank. There is no indication of an entrance feature. There are disturbance gaps in the bank at SSW, W, NNW and ENE. The interior has a slight NE-facing slope. A linear field bank runs NW-SE just outside the perimeter at N. Barely discernible outline of levelled enclosure visible on Digital Globe aerial photography.

Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien

Date of upload: 20 December 2018