What is recorded here
Situated on top of a natural rise in gently undulating grassland, with good views in all directions. Ringfort (WM015-020----) 190m to SW. The field fence which forms the boundary with Coolaleena lies 5m to SW. A slightly raised large sub-circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 37m N-S; 36m E-W) enclosed by a low earthen bank and a slight external fosse. The bank has several disturbance gaps and the fosse has been filled in at N. The interior is level, and a long narrow depression visible in the E quadrant may be the remains of a collapsed Man-made underground passage (WM015-015001-).
See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 6 September 2018
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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