What is recorded here
In marshy pasture, on SE-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 22.4m) enclosed by earthen bank with external fosse. Bank (int. H 0.15m; ext. H 1.05m) low internally due to erosion by cattle; mature trees grow long its crest. Fosse (Wth 0.75m; D 0.25m) evident all round but most substantial NW->E. Interior overgrown with briars and brambles.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI028-079
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