What is recorded here
In pasture, on a slight S-facing slope. Sub-rectangular raised area (26.3m N-S: 28.6m E-W) defined by a scarped edge (ext. H 0.7m) SE->NW with an external fosse (D 0.4m) SE->SW. Field boundary runs along edge of site NW->SE and a road runs along line of fosse SW->NW. Interior level, dry and clear of overgrowth.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI036-175
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- What survives
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Garry Dickinson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
- A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Created by Kglavin Modified Aug 2007 by Mike Christie, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Jonathan Thacker, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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