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In pasture, on N-facing slope, c. 100m S of River Blackwater. Depicted as rectangular enclosure on 1842, 1904 and 1938 OS 6-inch maps. Rectangular area (30.5m E-W; 14.7m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1m) with external fosse (D 1.3m) to E, S and W; scarp (H 1.6m) to N. Bank and interior heavily overgrown. According to Broker (1937, 46), called 'Lios Fada'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO038-099

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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  • Jonathan Thacker, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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