Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a small rise, in gently undulating pasture. Monument described in 1971 as an oval-shaped area (dims. 51m NE-SW; 47.5m NW-SE) enclosed by an inner bank, an intervening fosse, an outer bank and an outer fosse. The inner bank is high and steep on the exterior and is best preserved from SE-S-SW and is almost reduced to a scarp elsewhere. The intervening fosse is wide and deep. The outer bank of earth and stone is substantial. The outer face has been modified in relatively modern times and a post and wire fence has been erected along its upper edge. There are remains of a wide outer fosse from NNE-NE-ENE and from SSW-SW-WSW. There are corresponding gaps in the inner and outer banks and a causeway at S and also the same at NNW. Both of the outer gaps have a modern gateway. Modern fences intersect the outer bank at ESE, WSW and N. The interior has a gentle WSW-facing slope and there is a sunken trackway leading from the inner gap at NNW towards the centre. A large concrete-lined silage pit has been cut into the perimeter at E and occupies part of the E quadrant. There is a large rectangular patch of concrete on the surface at the W end.

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

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

Date of upload: 02 October 2019