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In pasture, at a farmstead. A small circular feature, possibly a mound (diam. c. 10m), bordered on the W by NW−SE field boundary, is shown on the 1838 0S 6-inch map; it is not indicated on the 1920 edition, where a farmstead is shown on or adjacent to the location. No visible surface trace at ground level.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA063-027

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