What is recorded here
Situated on a low rise in gently undulating pasture. Slightly raised oval area (dims. 33m E-W; 23.8m N-S) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth. 3.8m; int. H 0.3m) with some evidence for internal stone kerbing. At NW and N the defining element is a low scarp with some evidence for external stone kerbing. No fosse. Original entrance not recognisable. The site is divided into approx. equal portions by a ENE-WSW field walls. Abutting the NNW side of this, a short distance W of centre, is an irregularly-shaped pit (dims. c.8m E-W; c.5m N-S - D 0.5m) of unknown significance.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL019-096
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Photo credits
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
- Niallio77, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- spezifischer Zeichner : J. E. Walkowitz, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Enda O Flaherty, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Oliver Gargan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Jonathan Wilkins, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Stephen Armstrong, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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