What is recorded here
On the fairly steep E slopes of a valley running N-S, well above the valley floor, in reclaimed grassland. There are good views N, S and W across and along the valley but poor upslope to E. Indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map and on the 1900 revision. It is depicted on the 25-inch OS map as a sub-rectangular…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK013-055
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- Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
- Maker not stated on source page, allthatsinteresting.com
- Maker not stated on source page, www.echolive.ie
- Maker not stated on source page, www.mirror.co.uk
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, www.flickr.com
- Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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