Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

On top of a natural rise of ground in undulating pasture with good views in all directions except to NE. Depicted as a hachured circular enclosure on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. Partially hachured as a circular enclosure from W to NNE and elsewhere defined by a field boundary on the revised 1910 ed. OS 6-inch map. A large roughly circular area (diam. c. 70m N-S) defined by an earthen bank reduced to a scarp from W to N, with fosse and external bank. The fosse has been filled in from E-S-W. The scarp is highest and steepest from W to NNE as hachured on the 1910 ed. OS 6-inch map. Post 1700 field boundaries run onto the perimeter of the monument at NNE, ESE and W. The external bank is only visible from W to NNE. Remains of a narrow causewayed entrance (Wth. 1.75m) at N but it is not certain if this is the original entrance feature and may be a post-1700 entrance. A second gap (3.2m) at SE may represent the original entrance feature and has been partially closed by an intersecting field boundary of post-1700 date. The NW quadrant of the ringfort interior and the perimeter of the monument are heavily overgrown with trees and bushes.

See attached word document for Bing Maps aerial photograph of ringfort taken 06/07 November 2011 - www.bing.com/maps

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 16 July 2013