What is recorded here
Situated on a high wide E-W ridge and consisting of a sub-circular flat-topped mound (H 5.5m, diam. at base 24-28m, at top c. 15m) with slight traces of a fosse (max. Wth at NW 8.3m, D 0.5m) hardly discernible except at W. From NW to SW the side of the mound has been scarped and disturbed through use as a cattle track which gives access to the summit. Dromin church (LH018-014001-) is situated just to the ESE.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LH018-013001
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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