What is recorded here
This site is located on Knockdrin Hill which is enclosed on all sides by Derrygreenagh Bog. No visible surface remains on this site in the area where the site was marked on the OS 6-inch map. May have been destroyed by argicultural practices in the area. Potential site identified as a cropmark on GSI aerial photograph that was taken in 1973 (GSI N 587/8).
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record OF003-001
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
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farm house2.0 mi
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Croghan HillMountain / peak · 3.5 miCroghan Hill WalkWalking route · 3.7 mi
CastleCastle, unclassified · 4.3 mi
Rattin CastleCastle, tower house · 4.5 mi.jpg/250px-Croppies_Grave_Clonard_-_panoramio_(1).jpg "Photo: Robin Pollard, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0")
Croppies' GraveMemorial · 10 miPictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Sarah777 at en.wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain; MookiePlays, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Robin Pollard, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
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