What is recorded here
In grassland on a NW-facing slope of rising ground in upland region with good views from W through N to NE, higher ground to E. Ringfort consists of a slightly raised circular area (int. diam. 22m N-S; 30m E-W) enclosed by a poorly preserved earth and stone bank (top Wth 2m; base Wth 4m; int. H 0.3-0.7m; ext. H 0.5-1m ) which has been reduced at NW to a scarp (H 0.5m) for a distance of 15m and totally levelled from E to S for a distance of 21m.
In grassland on a NW-facing slope of rising ground in upland region with good views from W through N to NE, higher ground to E. Ringfort consists of a slightly raised circular area (int. diam. 22m N-S; 30m E-W) enclosed by a poorly preserved earth and stone bank (top Wth 2m; base Wth 4m; int. H 0.3-0.7m; ext. H 0.5-1m ) which has been reduced at NW to a scarp (H 0.5m) for a distance of 15m and totally levelled…
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record TS053-079
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Neil Theasby, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Warren LeMay from Covington, KY, United States, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
- Maker named on the Wikimedia Commons picture page · Public domain
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