Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a rise, in pasture, with extensive views of the surrounding landscape. Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as a roughly oval-shaped earthwork. A ringfort (WM030-060----) lies c. 140m to E. Bivallate ringfort described in 1973 as a roughly circular-shaped area (diam. 42m) defined by an inner bank, an intervening fosse and an outer bank. The earth and stone bank is reasonably well preserved all round and has two narrow gaps at N. The intervening fosse is best preserved from SW-W-NW-N-NE. There are the remains of an outer bank from SW-W-NW, however this appears to have been levelled from NW-N-E-S-SW. The interior is relatively level and there is an entrance at E. In the N quadrant and abutting the interior of the inner bank at N, is a flat-topped circular-shaped mound (diam. 7m; H 2m) of earth and stone. There is a slight indication of a shallow fosse surrounding the base of the mound and which is best preserved from WSW-W-WNW. There is a break in the inner bank either side of the mound. Monument is visible today as an oval-shaped earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography.

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

Date of upload: 08 November 2019