What is recorded here
Situated in a low-lying area at the base of a W-facing slope with the E shore of Lough Sallagh c. 250m to the W. A ‘Danish Fort’ is depicted on an estate map (Wogan 1750, 28), and on later OS 6-inch maps. This is an overgrown circular and water-logged area (diam. 39.6m E-W; 39.2m N-S; int. diam. 35m N-S; 33m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 2.4m at N to 4.7m at S; int. H 0.3-0.6m; ext. H 0.8-1.4m) with an external fosse (at W: Wth of top 4m; Wth of base 1.5m; ext. D 0.3m) SW-NW, which has been recut as a drain elsewhere. The original entrance is not identified. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003).
Situated in a low-lying area at the base of a W-facing slope with the E shore of Lough Sallagh c. 250m to the W. A ‘Danish Fort’ is depicted on an estate map (Wogan 1750, 28), and on later OS 6-inch maps. This is an overgrown circular and water-logged area (diam. 39.6m E-W; 39.2m N-S; int. diam. 35m N-S; 33m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 2.4m at N to 4.7m at S; int. H 0.3-0.6m; ext. H 0.8-1.4m)…
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE036-005
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