What is recorded here
In wet pasture abutting the townland boundary with Dromkeen. The ringfort (LI024-002----) known as ‘Gortavalley Fort’ lies 45m to SE. The enclosure is not depicted on historic OSi maps, nor is it visible on OSi orthoimages taken 2005-12 or on Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 50; AP 4/3717) as a U-shaped enclosure adjacent to a stream. The site is not visible on the most recent Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018. See attached Bruff survey image showing the site labelled Bruff 50 and Google Earth orthoimage
Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan
Date of upload: 17 September 2020
In wet pasture abutting the townland boundary with Dromkeen. The ringfort (LI024-002----) known as ‘Gortavalley Fort’ lies 45m to SE. The enclosure is not depicted on historic OSi maps, nor is it visible on OSi orthoimages taken 2005-12 or on Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 50; AP 4/3717) as a U-shaped enclosure adjacent to a stream. The…
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI024-238
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Garry Dickinson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Graham Horn, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- EamonnPKeane, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
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