Mortlestown Hill Rath View all content for Mortlestown Hill

Its funny this hill-fort is signposted from the road but when you get there, there isnt a path or anything. Ive since read that it is on private property and there is no access! I stopped by a lane that leads to a farmyard which doesnt have a house attached to it. It is only about 500m from the road. The rath itself has great 360 views of the hills around it. The trench between the rings of the ring-fort are very deep and the middle part of the rath is raised up, probably to about 4-5 metres above the surrounding land which gives it a very commanding position. What really interested me about the site was the reference in the folklore to it being a possible site of "Teamhair Luachra".

Posted by bawn79 15th July 2008ce

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