
What is recorded here
This site now appears as an unenclosed slightly raised area (max dimsc.39m) with no evidence of a bank or fosse. Field fences cut across N side of site and site is covered with overgrowth. Tradition of site being a fairy fort.
On flat pasture land with bog to the E. The site now appears as a slightly raised area (H 2m; diam. 39m) with no evidence of an enclosing bank or fosse. Large boulder at S side of site and field fence cuts across N side of site. Site locally known as a fairy fort.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 May 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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