What is recorded here
On a ledge on the SW slopes of Murrooghkilly hill. A semicircular enclosure (c. 35m N-S; c. 22m E-W) with it’s straight side at E formed by the face of a ridge. Other enclosures are conjoined at N and S and some possible hut sites are enclosed. Noted on Digital Globe (2011-13) and reported to the National Monuments Service by Ros Ó Maoldúin.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 23 November 2020
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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