What is recorded here
Situated on a slight N-facing slope. Earthwork features are visible on vertical aerial photographs (GSIAP: N 88, 89) from the 1970s covering an area of about 8 ha (c. 30 acres) and the relict features are grass-covered. A pond is at the central S edge of a system of grass-covered drains (Wth c. 1-2m; D 0.2-0.3m)…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME038-009
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- Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
- Maker not stated on source page, veri-art.net
- Maker not stated on source page, www.youtube.com
- Maker not stated on source page, ru.pinterest.com
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Garry Dickinson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Kieran Campbell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
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