What is recorded here
In pasture on E facing slope of rising ground, 135m NE of ringfort (LI019-006----) with standing stone or livestock scratching post 115m to NE. Not depicted on OSi maps. Identified as a ‘Section of fort’ transected at S by a field drain and indicated as Site 3A on plan submitted by P. J. O’Hanlon of Teagasc in 2009.…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI019-273
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, www.flickr.com
- Maker not stated on source page, monumentalireland.ie
- dougf, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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