What is recorded here
Located on a S-N promontory jutting N into the river Barrow/Nore/Suir, with a SE-NW ravine on the E side. This subtriangular grass-covered area (dims. c. 200m NE-SW; c. 170m N-S) is sloping down to the rounded apex at N, and it is defined by the river SW-N-NE and the ravine at E. The landward side is defined by an…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX044-002001
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Photo credits
- Redmond O'Brien, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.theirishroadtrip.com
- John Myers, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, uk.trip.com
- Maker not stated on source page, uk.pinterest.com
- Maker not stated on source page, www.dreamstime.com
- Humphrey Bolton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Julie Anne Workman, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
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