Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on SW facing slope of rising ground, in pasture, with limited views due to surrounding hills and ridges. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a circular-shaped earthwork, with a small rectangular shaped structure or house site (WM018-045001-) in centre truncated by a field boundary across the NE quadrant. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a penannular-shaped earthwork truncated by a field boundary across the NE quadrant.
Monument described in 1970 as a subcircular-shaped area (dims. 38m NW-SE; 31m NE-SW) enclosed by a bank which is reduced to a scarp in places. The bank is low from NW-N-E-SE, is best preserved from SE-S-W and is reduced to a scarp from W-NW. The bank is obscured by a modern earth and stone field boundary running NW-SE, from N-E. A gap (Wth at top 5m; basal Wth 3.5m) at SE may represent the entrance. There is no visible trace of a fosse. The interior has a gentle S-facing slope and traces of cultivation ridges running NW-SE. There is a very slight depression along the inner foot of the bank/scarp which is of unknown significance. Monument is visible as a tree-planted enclosure on Digital Globe aerial photography.

See attached sketch plan of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI.

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

Date of upload: 04 February 2019