What is recorded here
Situated on the gentle SW-facing slope of a low NE-SW ridge. The cropmark of a rectangular area (int. dims c. 27m NW-SE; c. 24m NE-SW; ext. dims c. 36m NW-SE; c. 35m NE-SW) defined by two sets of fosses placed c. 4m apart is visible on Google Earth (14/07/2018). The outer fosse at NE is adjacent to a WNW-ESE field bank, but the NE quadrant on the interior is damaged by a wide U-shaped trench descending from and returning to the field bank. It was first reported by Simon Dowling. See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload; 6 March 2020
Situated on the gentle SW-facing slope of a low NE-SW ridge. The cropmark of a rectangular area (int. dims c. 27m NW-SE; c. 24m NE-SW; ext. dims c. 36m NW-SE; c. 35m NE-SW) defined by two sets of fosses placed c. 4m apart is visible on Google Earth (14/07/2018). The outer fosse at NE is adjacent to a WNW-ESE field bank, but the NE quadrant on the interior is damaged by a wide U-shaped trench descending from and…
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX021-048
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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