What is recorded here
Situated on top of a hill within the Rossmore estate. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam c. 84m) enclosed by a low bank (int. H 0.25m; ext. H c. 1m), with an entrance (Wth 3.3m) at the SW. There is no evidence of an outer fosse.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MO009-072
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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Photo credits
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Dieglop, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Walking with a phone, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
- Eric Jones, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Raymond Okonski, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Brian Lenehan, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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