What is recorded here
At the crest of a WNW-ESE drumlin ridge. Described as a subrectangular area (dims 8m E-W; 6m N-S) defined by an earthen bank with small stone markers on the bank and with local information of its use as a children's burial ground (Gannon 1972). It is now a circular grass-covered platform (diam. of top c. 8m) defined by a scarp (0.5m) with some stones protruding through the sod.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO020-040
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Picture notes
- Computer-made picture. It does not show this monument.
- Jscaguiat, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Computer-made picture. It does not show this playground.
- Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Gillaween, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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