What is recorded here
Aerial photographs (GB95.FV.34 & 35) show an extensive sequence of low-level earthworks, comprising banks and fosses, delineating a large rectangular enclosure. A diagonal fosse divides the rectangular enclosure into two segments. The mound of stones over the site of the former 'Abbey' (SMR CW008-004001-) is located within the north-western segment of the enclosure. Further banks are fosses are located to the north and east of the rectangular enclosure.
Compiled by: Dr Gillian Barrett for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland.
Date of upload: 15 April 2011
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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