What is recorded here
Situated on top of a small natural ridge in undulating grass-land. Depicted as a small oval shaped enclosure on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map and annotated as 'Fort'. Depicted as a circular tree-lined enclosure on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map but not indicated on subsequent editions. No surface remains visible of levelled monument.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM008-041
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
- Gavigan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Brian Shaw, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Oliver Dixon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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