What is recorded here
On a slight terrace on the W side of a ridge in undulating countryside. Roughly circular mound (H 1.5m; diam. 7m E-W; diam. 5.5m N-S ) enclosed by a wide fosse (Wth 2m) which is barely discernible with external bank (Wth 1m; ext. H 0.5m).
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record OF039-053
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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Photo credits
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- D. Brands, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Didier Descouens, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- dougf, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- dougf, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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