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In low-lying marginal land subject to flooding. This poorly preserved grassed-over circular mound (diam. 7.5m; H 1m) of earth and stone is revetted along the NE sector by six kerbstones and at W by a single kerbstone. It is overgrown with briars and thorn bushes at E. The mound contains a centrally placed drystone…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA083-063
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- dougf, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Stephan van Helden, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Graham Horn, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Ingo Mehling, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Mac McCarron, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
- Malene Thyssen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- DeeEmm, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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