What is recorded here
On a gentle S-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 67.5m E-W; 66.6m N-S) defined by a slight earthen bank (Wth 4.7-5.1m; int. H 0.2-0.3m) SW-W-NE separated by a complete and rounded but overgrown fosse (Wth of top 7.4-10.2m; Wth of base 3.2-4.7m; int. D 0.8-1.7m; ext. D 1.1-1.25m) from a slight outer earthen bank (Wth 4.3-5.3m; ext. H 0.1-0.3m) which is absent ENE-SE (max. ext. diam. 90m N-S; 87.7m E-W). There is a causeway (Wth 5m) at S and a small grass-covered clearance cairn (RO040-001002-) (diam. 5m; H 0.35m) NW of the centre. The large enclosure (RO039-024----) is c. 250m to the W.
On a gentle S-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 67.5m E-W; 66.6m N-S) defined by a slight earthen bank (Wth 4.7-5.1m; int. H 0.2-0.3m) SW-W-NE separated by a complete and rounded but overgrown fosse (Wth of top 7.4-10.2m; Wth of base 3.2-4.7m; int. D 0.8-1.7m; ext. D 1.1-1.25m) from a slight outer earthen bank (Wth 4.3-5.3m; ext. H 0.1-0.3m) which is absent ENE-SE (max. ext. diam. 90m N-S; 87.7m…
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO040-001001
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Irishrover1980, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
- Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Sarah777 at en.wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
- AmandaMcCrann, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- AndreasDelp, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Arno-nl, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kieran Campbell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Christopher Hilton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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