What is recorded here
Situated in upland area. Hachured as a subcircular enclosure (max. diam. c. 40m E-W) on the 1841 edition of the OS 6-inch map. All that now remains of this site, at ground level, is a semicircular area defined by a scarp at N. Smaller embanked circle (diam. 2m) situated in N portion of site.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 17 December 2007
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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