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On level ground within The Willows housing estate, 165m W of the Mulkear River. Natural spring well 13m to SSE as shown on OS 6-inch maps. The site is described from cartographic and aerial photographic evidence only. Depicted as a circular-shaped earthwork on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map. Shown as a raised…

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On level ground within The Willows housing estate, 165m W of the Mulkear River. Natural spring well 13m to SSE as shown on OS 6-inch maps. The site is described from cartographic and aerial photographic evidence only. Depicted as a circular-shaped earthwork on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map. Shown as a raised circular-shaped shaped area (approx. int. diam. 26m) defined by a scarp on the 1897 OS 25-inch map. Depicted as a small sunken area enclosed by a bank similar to a pond-barrow on the Cassini OS 6-inch map. Outline of tree-covered monument in centre of housing estate clearly visible on Google Earth orthophotos taken 19/11/2019. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 12 July 2020

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI006-019

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  • David Hawgood, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Garry Dickinson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
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