What is recorded here
Near the top of a gentle W-facing pasture slope in the grounds of Ballindoolin House. An overgrown, low, circular, flat-topped, earthen mound (diam. 18m; H 1.6m) is retained by a low dry-stone wall, and outer fosse (Wth 4-6m; D 0.1-0.2m) S-W. An inscribed plaque at S records 'This ancient mound was enclosed and planted by Christopher Bor Esq. A.D. 1760'.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD002-011
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Photo credits
- Douglas P.Bermingham, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Robin Pollard, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
- Douglas P.Bermingham, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Stephan van Helden, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Alvesgaspar, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Alex Passmore, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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