What is recorded here
Situated on a very slight rise, in wet pasture with wide views to N, SW and W and overlooked by a rise to NE and E. Monument described in 1971 as a circular-shaped area (diam. 20m) enclosed by a bank, fosse and traces of an outer bank. The earthen bank is very low and there is a very shallow fosse visible from NE-E-S-W-NW. The fosse is infilled from NW-N-NE. The ground is uneven beyond the fosse and there are faint traces of a very low outer bank. The interior is has a gentle NE-facing slope and slight remains of old cultivation ridges running E-W.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 29 July 2019
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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