Earthwork in Abbeystrowry, County Cork

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What is recorded here

In pasture on high level ridge. To S Ilen river. Hachured horseshoe-shaped area on OS 6-inch map (1944). No visible surface trace.

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