What is recorded here
Circular mound (diam. of base c. 28m) enclosed by a fosse. Mound is high (H 3-4m), steep-sided and flat-topped (diam. of summit 19.7m N-S). Fosse is best preserved from N-E-SE. Original entrance not recognisable. On the summit at SE there is an approximately circular round-bottomed depression (diam. 6.2m; D 0.3m) of unknown significance.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CV041-018
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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