Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

Levelled ringfort situated on a slight rise, on SSW-facing slope, in gently undulating pasture. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a large oval-shaped earthwork. Levelled monument described in 1971 as a large roughly circular-shaped grass-covered area (diam. 48m) defined by two broad concentric brown bands (Wth 3.6-3.9m) of earth which are assumed to represent fosses that were exposed during recent scrub clearance. There is part of a third similar outer ring (Wth 5m) visible from SW-W-NNW. The intervening area between the brown rings (where the banks are assumed to have been) are grass-covered areas (Wth 3-3.6m) similar to the interior. The presence of three potential fosses would suggest that this was a trivallate earthwork. A gap (Wth 11.4m) in the inner bank and a corresponding gap (Wth 6m) in the outer grass-covered rings at SE may represent the entrance. The interior rises slightly from the perimeter towards the centre. Monument is visible as an upstanding oval-shaped enclosure on aerial photograph (CUCAP BDK019) taken 14/07/1970.

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

Date of upload: 04 November 2019

References

CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com