What is recorded here
In reclaimed pasture 170m SW of the townland boundary with Kilsanlan and 30m S of a local road. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a circular-shaped platform delimited by planted trees. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as an oval-shaped area (dims. c. 65m N-S, 55m E-W) enclosed by a bank from W-N-E reuced to a scarp elsewhere which serves as a field boundary. Surveyed by the ASI in 1999 and described as no surface remains visible of levelled monument known locally as a ‘lis’. Levelled earthwork visible as a faint circular-shaped cropmark on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages.
In reclaimed pasture 170m SW of the townland boundary with Kilsanlan and 30m S of a local road. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a circular-shaped platform delimited by planted trees. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as an oval-shaped area (dims. c. 65m N-S, 55m E-W) enclosed by a bank from W-N-E reuced to a scarp elsewhere which serves as a field boundary. Surveyed by the ASI in 1999 and described…
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI050-008
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- kevin higgins, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- kevin higgins, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Hywel Williams, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
- N Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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