What is recorded here
Situated on a low rise of ground on flat pasture, 330m S of the River Brosna. This monument is not depicted on the 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map but is depicted as a circular-shaped earthwork or flat-topped platform on the 1908 ed. OS 6-inch map. Today the monument consists of a low elongated mound (dims. 25m E-W; 20m N-S;…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record OF008-025
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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- Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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