What is recorded here
Situated on the northern slopes of Saggart Hill, in what is today known as Slievethoul Woods. A ring-barrow indicated on the 1843 OS 6-inch map as a small circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m). The site is under tree cover and not visible at ground level (Healy 1975, 1-19).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy
Revised upload on: 6 July 2018
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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