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In pasture on NW-facing slope. Shown as small hachured arc on 1934 OS 6-inch map. Short section of earthen bank (ext. H 2.15m; int. H 0.2m) with shallow outer fosse runs NE-SW, scarped up from natural slope; curving to SE at SW end.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO099-003

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