What is recorded here
In sloping pasture on the NW side of a ridge 450m NE of Oola Hill. The townland boundary with Oolahills West is 250m to W and Oola or Cullen’s Castle (LI033A008002-) lies 520m to SE. The site is not depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map and is not depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map. The enclosure is visible as a circular enclosure on the OSi orthoimage taken 2005-12 and on Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013. Identified by Denis Power on Bing aerial photos in 2014 as a circular enclosure surrounded by a fosse (ext. diam. c. 28m). The enclosure is visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 11/03/2014 and 18/11/2018.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan
Date of upload: 24 September 2020
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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