What is recorded here
A substantial motte enclosed by a wide, deep, partly waterlogged fosse. Motte comprises a roughly circular, high and steep-sided mound (diam. at base c. 23m) divided into two unequal portions by a field boundary running NNW-SSE. The roughly circular summit (diam c. 10m N-S) is uneven, containing a number of large depressions.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CV034-049
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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