What is recorded here
No entrance survives, only a broken ring of earth and shadow. That is the shape of the place: a circle without a door, holding whatever it caught and refusing to give it back.
A circular area (diam. c. 27.1m) defined by a low bank (Wth 1.1m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.5m) from SE-NE, and elsewhere by a scarp. Fosse (Wth c. 1.3m) visible from N-S. No evidence of original entrance.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 17 December 2007
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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