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In pasture, on SW-facing slope. Circular area (33.3m N-S; 34m E-W) enclosed by earthen, stone-faced bank (H 1.5m). Gaps in bank to N and E, functioning as gateways. Cultivation ridges cross interior on N-S axis.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO106-026

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