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In improved pasture, on a gentle W-facing slope. Remains of an oval area (dims. 25m E-W; c. 20 N-S) defined by very faint trace of a curvilinear scarp (Wth 3m; H 0.12m) ENE-NW and is levelled NW-ENE. Interior has a gentle W-facing slope and is incorporated into rest of field as pasture. Field boundary (long-axis NW-SE) is 5m to E. Tertiary road is close to N.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record TS059-095

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Graham Horn, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • N Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Garry Dickinson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • EamonnPKeane, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
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