What is recorded here
Located towards the bottom of a fairly steep N-facing slope and on land which was once part of the demesne of Ballymore House. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m N-S; c. 30m E-W) defined by a continuous fosse or drain is visible only on Google Earth (14/07/2018). There are traces of an outer fosse c. 3m distant SW-NW. It was first reported by Simon Dowling. See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 3 March 2020
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX016-065
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Bruce Marlin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.5
- liam murphy, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Sarah777, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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