What is recorded here
Situated on the NE side of a natural rise, overlooked by a high hill to SW, otherwise good views in other directions. Monument visible as a slight cropmark on Digital Globe aerial photography with limestone outcrop evident in the surrounding field. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a roughly circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 3.5m) annotated ‘Cave’. Monument described in 1971 as ‘inaccessible’ and ‘with no visible trace of a superstructure.’
Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 10 December 2018
This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- No visible remains or recorded as destroyed
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