What is recorded here
Located towards the bottom of the NE-facing slope of a drumlin. It is depicted as an oval enclosure with trees on the perimeter and described as a 'fort' on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map. This is a grass and scrub-covered subcircular platform (dims 27m E-W; 23m N-S) defined by a slight scarp (H 0.3-0.4m), with traces of a bank (Wth 1.5m; H 0.1-0.3m) at E and traces of a stone wall (Wth 1m; H 0.2m) at W. It is planted with mature deciduous trees around the perimeter and is a possible tree-ring c. 100m SE of Kilrush House, a large farmhouse. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003).
Located towards the bottom of the NE-facing slope of a drumlin. It is depicted as an oval enclosure with trees on the perimeter and described as a 'fort' on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map. This is a grass and scrub-covered subcircular platform (dims 27m E-W; 23m N-S) defined by a slight scarp (H 0.3-0.4m), with traces of a bank (Wth 1.5m; H 0.1-0.3m) at E and traces of a stone wall (Wth 1m; H 0.2m) at W.…
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE025-045
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Oliver Dixon, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
- Kenraiz, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Kenneth Allen, Wikimedia Commons · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
- Fifiheavey, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Alvesgaspar, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Kenneth Allen, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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