What is recorded here
On a level landscape. Circular grass and reed-covered area (diam. 35m E-W; 34.8m N-S) defined by a flat-topped earthen bank with some bushes (Wth of base 3.8-5.9m; Wth of top 1.5-3.2m; int. H 0.1-0.5m; ext. H 0.5-1.3m) and an outer reed-filled fosse (Wth of base 4-4.6m; D 0.1-0.4m). There is an entrance (Wth 4.2m) and causeway at ESE.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO014-034
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Picture notes
- Computer-made picture. It does not show this monument.
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- David Purchase, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
- Gillaween, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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