What is recorded here
No surface remains of monument that was levelled in 1978 (Cunningham 1987, 127). The monument was described by Cunningham as a raised sub-rectangular shaped earthwork or platform (H 2m; 34m E-W; 27m N-S). Depicted on the 1838 ed. OS 6-inch maps as a circular earthwork or platform which was located 140m E of a possible…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record OF039-034
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, www.dailymail.co.uk
- Maker not stated on source page, www.alamy.com
- Maker not stated on source page, readymap.irish
- Maker not stated on source page, en.topwar.ru
- D. Brands, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
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