Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a low rise, in gently undulating pasture, with good views in all directions. Ringfort (WM025-102----) lies c. 90m to SE. Bivallate ringfort described as a roughly circular-shaped area enclosed by an inner bank, an intervening fosse, an outer bank and an external fosse with possible entrance gap at SE. The earthen inner bank (overall Wth 5.2m; Wth at top 0.7m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.9m) is low and rounded and the intervening fosse is shallow. The outer bank and outer fosse appear to have been modified to form a tree-ring. The inner and outer banks are barely distinguishable from one another at NE and S and a large portion of the outer bank has been removed at SW. The interior has a gentle ESE-facing slope and there are traces of cultivation ridges running NW-SE. There are no features of archaeological interest visible in the interior. There is a rectangular-shaped silage pit within the SE quadrant where the bank has also been removed, and the entrance has been widened.

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

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

Date of upload: 11 September 2019