The example at Carranroe in County Kilkenny is one such site, quietly occupying its place in the landscape without a great deal of public record attached to it.

A rath, as this type of monument is also known, is a roughly circular enclosure defined by one or more earthen banks and ditches, constructed during the early medieval period, broadly between the fifth and twelfth centuries. They functioned primarily as farmsteads, the raised banks serving as a boundary and a modest form of protection for the household, its animals, and its stores within. Kilkenny contains numerous examples in varying states of preservation, some reduced to a faint cropmark visible only from the air, others still carrying enough earthwork to read clearly on the ground. Without more detailed field records having been published for this particular site, it is difficult to say precisely what condition the Carranroe rath is in, how many banks survive, or whether any internal features remain visible.