What is recorded here
Situated on a low rise of ground on wet marshy land in area now planted with coniferous trees. Depicted as an oval-shaped enclosure on the 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map but as a rectangular shaped earthwork on the 1911 ed. OS 25-inch map. The grass-covered wall footings of two hut sites (WM026-032001-/002-) are visible in the centre of the ringfort (WM026-032----).
See attached plan of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 23 January 2018
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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