What is recorded here
On a low NE-SW ridge on a valley floor, in reclaimed grassland. There are fair views along and across the valley. Shown as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map. Only the W half is indicated on the 1900 revision, with a small area of quarrying (dims. c. 20m NE-SW; c. 15m NW-SE)…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK012-056
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- Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, monumentalireland.ie
- Maker not stated on source page, tr.pinterest.com
- Maker not stated on source page, www.mirror.co.uk
- Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
- Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
- Maker not stated on source page, www.flickr.com
- kevin higgins, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
_-_geograph.org.uk_-_7541415.jpg/250px-Castles_of_Leinster,_Garryhiggin,_Kilkenny_(2)_-_geograph.org.uk_-_7541415.jpg "Photo: Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0")
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