What is recorded here
In gently rolling grassland. Well-preserved almost circular rath (45m E-W; 44m N-S) defined by
a bank from SE to S, and from SSW to NW; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. A band of darker vegetation from W to NW may indicate the line of an external fosse.
In gently rolling grassland. Well-preserved almost circular rath (45m E-W; 44m N-S) defined by a bank from SE to S, and from SSW to NW; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. A band of darker vegetation from W to NW may indicate the line of an external fosse.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA117-005
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Michael Deligan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Jason Keane, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Brian Nevin, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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