What is recorded here
Situated on a low N-S ridge. Raised circular area (diam. 32.7m) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank (Wth 6.9m; int. H 1.5m; external H 4.3m) with an external fosse (Wth 4m; ext D 1.5m at W). At the outer lip of the fosse there is a second bank (Wth 4m; int. H 1.6m; ext. H 0.5-1.3m, at NE) which has been incorporated into a field boundary at NE-S, but has been levelled elsewhere. There is a stone-lined entrance gap (Wth 5m) in the inner bank at E. There is a possible Man-made underground passage (SL017-026001-) in the NE quadrant of the interior.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL017-026
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Photo credits
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Florentchevallier, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Robin Mais, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Didier Descouens, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Mick Garratt, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Michael Dibb, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Alan Reid, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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