What is recorded here
On a prominent flat-topped area of rock outcrop (max. H c. 20m) with an easy and natural approach from the S. Grass-covered oval platform (dims. 54m N-S; 24m E-W) defined by the natural slope which has dense vegetation and an almost vertical drop at N. There is some stone spread on the slope which may have come from a collapsed wall on the perimeter. There is a ramp entrance (Wth c. 3m) at S, but there is no visible fosse. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003).
On a prominent flat-topped area of rock outcrop (max. H c. 20m) with an easy and natural approach from the S. Grass-covered oval platform (dims. 54m N-S; 24m E-W) defined by the natural slope which has dense vegetation and an almost vertical drop at N. There is some stone spread on the slope which may have come from a collapsed wall on the perimeter. There is a ramp entrance (Wth c. 3m) at S, but there is no…
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE027-045
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Suse, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Unknown Weaver, English (active c. 1080), Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
- John M, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Pampuco, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
- Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Vicente Fernández Rioja, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Reading Tom, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
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milestone/milepost1.7 mi_-_WGA24165.jpg/250px-Tapestry_by_unknown_weaver_-_The_Bayeux_Tapestry_(detail)_-_WGA24165.jpg "Photo: Unknown Weaver, English (active c. 1080), Wikimedia Commons · Public domain")
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