What is recorded here
On a steep SW-facing slope of Slieve Bawn. Circular and densely overgrown area (diam. c. 35m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.2m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.2m) and outer fosse (Wth of base 1.8m; D 0.3-0.4m) which does not survive at E. There is no identifiable original entrance.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO036-007
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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Rathcline CastleHouse, fortified house · 5.2 miPictures: Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Christopher Hilton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Alvesgaspar, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0; Laurel Lodged, Wikimedia Commons · CC0; Miguel Angel Masegosa Martínez, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0; Kieran Campbell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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