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Earthwork in Ballyscarvan

Earthwork
Earthwork in Ballyscarvan
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Situated at S end of a low ridge running NE-SW, in undulating pasture, with fairly extensive views in all directions. A public road lies c. 30m to S. Depicted on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map as a small oval-shaped earthwork. Shown on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a small oval-shaped earthwork (approx. dims. 13.5m E-W;…

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Situated at S end of a low ridge running NE-SW, in undulating pasture, with fairly extensive views in all directions. A public road lies c. 30m to S. Depicted on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map as a small oval-shaped earthwork. Shown on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a small oval-shaped earthwork (approx. dims. 13.5m E-W; 10.5m N-S). Levelled monument described in 1977 as no surface remains visible. A field fence runs NNE-SSW along the ridge and the monument appears to be located to E side of it. There is a small depression at this location, on the E side of the field fence there is a small quarry pit to SW, on the opposite side of the field fence. Levelled monument is not visible today on Digital Globe aerial photography. A house plot is visible on the W side of the field boundary.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM036-022

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  • Maker not stated on source page, letsgowiththechildren.co.uk
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Gerard Michael Lynch, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, leadingestates.com
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
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