Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a high terrace on the NW-side of a high hill, in pasture with extensive views to S, SW and N. Depicted on the 1837 OS 6-inch map as a circular-shaped earthwork intersected at SE by a field boundary. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a D-shaped earthwork transected by a field boundary to SE. Monument described in 1970 as a broad oval-shaped area (dims. 41m N-S; 29m E-W) defined by a scarp and fosse. The scarp is relatively high (H 2.7m) and exists from SE-S-W-NW. There are traces of a fosse also from SE-S-W-NW. The original entrance is not clearly recognisable but it may have been through a gap (Wth at top 4m; basal Wth 2m) at ENE. There are gaps in the scarp at E and SE where traversed by modern field fences. The interior is divided into three parts by two modern field fences. One extends ENE-WSW and NE-SW across the S quadrant and the other extends NW-SE across the S sector. The division to N has clear traces of cultivation ridges running N-S. Monument is visible as a partially tree-lined earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography.

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

Date of upload: 04 July 2019