Earthwork in Carrownaknockaun

Marked only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as an oval feature (dims c. 25m NE-SW; c. 20m NW-SE), and situated on low-lying ground with a NW-SE stream c. 200m to the NE. D-shaped grass and scrub-covered platform (dims 28m NE-SW; 10m NW-SW) defined by a scarp (H 0.5-0.8m) with a grass-covered earthen bank (Wth 2.2m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.5m) separated by a berm (Wth 1m) from the edge of the platform at NW. It has been truncated at SE by the building of a NE-SW farm track. There is a local tradition of its use as a children's burial ground (RO013-014002-) (Gannon 1972), but there is no evidence of burial. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010