What is recorded here
On a N-facing slope in rolling grassland. Indicated as a rectangular enclosure on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map and on the 1900 revision as an unenclosed rectangular area, orientated NE-SW, with sides widening towards the SW. The enclosure is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs (ASIAP (110) 18-19, 22 July 2000) and on satellite imagery (Digitalglobe, viewed 12 June 2019) as a rectangular area (dims. 26m NNW-SSE; 22m ESE-WNW) defined by a fosse. It is not visible at ground level.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK012-049
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Photo credits
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- kevin higgins, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Sarah777 at en.wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
- A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC0
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