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There is a reference to a stronghold at Portrun where a fort had been lost by George Goodman before 1596 (Cronin, 1980, 118). It may refer to (RO042-044003-), but otherwise was not encountered.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO042-152

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