What is recorded here
Prominently sited on top of a low NE–SW ridge from which ground falls away gently across the road to NW and slightly more steeply away to SE, in an area of good quality meadowland. Indicated on the 1842 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as an enclosure of c. 95m diameter but not on the 1915 ed. A poorly preserved enclosure…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CL002-014001
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- Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, www.nationalgeographic.com
- Maker not stated on source page, www.tripadvisor.com.au
- Maker not stated on source page, monumentalireland.ie
- Joseph Mischyshyn, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.irelandhighlights.com
- Ballyvaughan-Fanore GAA Club; photographer not named, ballyvaughan-fanoregaa.com
- Roger Diel, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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