What is recorded here
Earthwork in Graiguealug is a raised platform against a slope, topped by an earthen and stone bank, hidden inside a Carlow forest. A possible small penannular hut site faces east outside the main bank, suggesting people once lived beside or inside the structure. The shape may be a defaced ringfort, reduced by time and trees rather than never built at all.
The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007
Consists of raised platform against slope, on which stands an earthen and stone bank. Outside bank at E is possible small penannular hut site. Monument is in forest, covered by trees. Possibly a defaced ringfort.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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