What is recorded here
Situated on a low rising ground. Site covered in scrub and trees making detailed examination impossible. Present remains consist of a very high steep-sided flat-topped earthen mound (base diam. c. 46m; top diam. 18m) the base of which is enclosed by a fosse with traces of an external bank visible at E. The base of the mound is damaged by later walls and trenches which have been dug into the base of the earthwork. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM001-017
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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Photo credits
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Gavigan 01 at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
- Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Britishfinance, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Cavanphotography, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Kieran Campbell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Malene Thyssen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
- Gillaween, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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