What is recorded here
Shown as a single-ringed enclosure on the 2nd edition, and as a more or less circular field on the 3rd edition of the OS 6-inch map. The area 20m to 22m across is enclosed by a modern, stone field wall and there is no trace of any archaeological feature. It is located in an area of rough pasture on sloping ground,…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DG028-022
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Photo credits
- Somerville, Boyle T. (Henry Boyle Townshend), 1863-1936, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
- Kenneth Allen, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
- Kenneth Allen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.flickr.com
- Maker not stated on source page, ru.pinterest.com
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Ronnie Nijboer, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
- Kenneth Allen, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.islands.com
- Maker not stated on source page, ru.dreamstime.com
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