What is recorded here
On the northern foothills of Dranagh Mountain, a southern outlier of the Blackstairs Mountains, in an area of dense heather cover. An oval enclosure (c. 30m N-S; c. 35m E-W) identified by Séamus Ó Murchú on Bing satellite imagery (Ó Murchú 2016). Curvilinear banks immediately S and SW of the enclosure may be part of a relict field system (ibid.).
See attached satellite image (Digitalgoble, viewed 22 December 2020)
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 22 December 2020
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
White MountainMountain / peak · 1.1 mi
Enclosure in DranaghEnclosure · 1.2 mi
CarrigvahanaghMountain / peak · 1.2 mi
Saint Moling's Catholic Churchchurch/chapel · 1.8 mi
Marley Bridgebridge · 1.9 mi
Enclosure in BallynalourEnclosure · 2.0 mi
Pollmounty Castle (in Ruins)Castle, tower house · 2.6 mi
1798 RebellionMemorial · 2.6 mi
Silver WattleSilver Wattle · 2.7 mi
Graveyard in St. Mullin'sGraveyard · 2.7 mi
St. Mullins MoatCastle, motte and bailey · 2.8 mi
Bahana WoodForest · 2.9 miOther information
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