Mound in Bellhill, County Offaly

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What is recorded here

Situated below the summit of Bell Hill on the N facing slope. Possible earthwork or mound depicted on 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map but not marked on any subsequent editions. A thorn bush rises from the top of this low mound.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record OF036-050

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