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Within the interior of a possible rath (LF023-059001-). A steep-sided, oval earthen mound (H c. 7m; dims. at base c. 45m NNE-SSW; c. 40m WNW-ESE) with a flat-topped summit (c. 32m N-S; c. 28m E-W) is enclosed by a shallow fosse (Wth 6.3m; D 1.1m) with a very wide, low external bank of earth and stone (Wth 9.3m; H 1m) from SSE-N-NE. There is a causeway (Wth 4.25m) leading across the fosse and up to the top of the motte at SE. (CUCAP, AVO 49) Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 March 2012
Within the interior of a possible rath (LF023-059001-). A steep-sided, oval earthen mound (H c. 7m; dims. at base c. 45m NNE-SSW; c. 40m WNW-ESE) with a flat-topped summit (c. 32m N-S; c. 28m E-W) is enclosed by a shallow fosse (Wth 6.3m; D 1.1m) with a very wide, low external bank of earth and stone (Wth 9.3m; H 1m) from SSE-N-NE. There is a causeway (Wth 4.25m) leading across the fosse and up to the top of the…

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LF023-059

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Pictures: Eric Jones, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Malene Thyssen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

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