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Situated on a WSW-facing slope in poor pasture. From WNW-N-NNE the site is bordered by a now dried-up stream. Large D-shaped area (dims. 65m NW-SE; 50m NE-SW) defined from SSW-N-E by a low, stone-faced scarp (H 0.6m - 1m), with ephemeral remains of a bank at its upper edge, and elsewhere defined by a…

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Situated on a WSW-facing slope in poor pasture. From WNW-N-NNE the site is bordered by a now dried-up stream. Large D-shaped area (dims. 65m NW-SE; 50m NE-SW) defined from SSW-N-E by a low, stone-faced scarp (H 0.6m - 1m), with ephemeral remains of a bank at its upper edge, and elsewhere defined by a naturally-occurring, almost linear gully. Break in scarp at W (Wth. 2.8m) probably marks the original entrance. In the SE quadrant is a slightly raised subrectangular area (dims. 26m NW-SE; 21m NE-SW) enclosed by the largely grassed-over remains of a low wall of stone and earth (H 0.1m - 0.35m). In the NW corner is a pillar stone (SL022-010003-). Also within this sub-enclosure are numerous low upright stones which presumably mark burials (SL022-010002-).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL022-010001

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  • Mike Searle, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Robin Mais, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Florentchevallier, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Richard Webb, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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