What is recorded here
Marked as a 'Fort' on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map. The site consists of an oval hill-top area 45m NE-SW × 32.5m NW-SE defined by a scarped edge. Modern roadways encroach on the site on the S and W sides. It is raised, from c. 0.8m on the NE to 3.2m on the SW, above the surrounding land. The site is located on…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DG098-011
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Photo credits
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- EecherplazGinkgo06.jpg : Cayambe derivative work: Ginkgotree ( talk ), Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Kenneth Allen, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, br.pinterest.com
- Maker not stated on source page, de.wikipedia.org
- Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
- Kenneth Allen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Martin Dawes / Geograph Ireland, www.geograph.ie
- Ronnie Nijboer, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
- Maker not stated on source page, kate-grigoryeva.livejournal.com
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