What is recorded here
Situated on a S-facing slope of Pallis Hill. This is a grass and scrub-covered earthen mound (diam. of base c. 30m; H over fosse 6-8m) defined by wide, flat-bottomed fosse (Wth c. 4m; D 1.5m), not visible SE–SW. The summit has been quarried but originally was flat-topped (diam. c. 15m). There is a tradition of the discovery of an urn here (Kinahan 1882, 159).
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX002-019001
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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- Jonathan Billinger, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Ian Brooker and David Kleinig, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 au
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