What is recorded here
According to the OSL (Herity 2002, 38 (115)) Downings parish, 'Hib: na Duinínidh (the little forts) perhaps takes its Name from the Moat in the South, & the rath (KD013-010----) in the east of the Townland of Downings North'. The 'Moat in the south' was not located.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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