What is recorded here
Internal diam. c. 18m NNW-SSW, c. 17m WNW--ESE. A subcircular area enclosed now by a collapsed stone wall. The outer facing of this is visible in patches all the way round but the inner facing survives only on the W side. The thickness of the wall here is c. 1.45m. The SW section of the collapse is noticeably larger…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DG080-021002
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