What is recorded here
Situated at a break in a gentle to marked SW-facing slope. Circular platform (diam. 43m; H 1m) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.40m) and an external fosse (Wth 2.4m; D 0.3m) visible at the W. No indication of an entrance or internal features. The adjacent farmyard has cut into the N portion. Shown as a much larger oval enclosure (max. diam. c. 90m NW-SE) on the 1838 OS 6-inch map.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI022-013
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- Jonathan Billinger, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Dedublinfan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
- Maker named on the Wikimedia Commons picture page · Public domain
- Digital Eye, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wanfried-Dublin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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