What is recorded here
In low-lying pasture, on SE-facing slope. Marked on OS map (1838) as circular enclosure. Local tradition of ringfort. Levelled; no visible surface traces. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 329.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA109-020
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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European ash4.2 mi
Moore Hall Forest TrailWalking route · 4.4 mi
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