What is recorded here
Situated at the crest of a S-facing slope. A low subcircular earthwork enclosure (ext. dims c. 55m N-S; c. 48m E-W) that appears to be defined by a low earth bank (Wth c. 5-10m) is most clearly visible on Google Earth (03/04/2021) but can also be seen on Digital Globe (2011-13) and OSI images (2005). The monument is bisected by an ENE-WSW field bank, and it was first reported by Jean Charles Caillére. See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth (03/04/2021)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 21 January 2022
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CV020-093
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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Photo credits
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Peter Gerken, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
- Malene Thyssen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
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