What is recorded here
On top of poorly drained high ground in upland area with good views in all directions. A poorly preserved rectangular-shaped enclosure (dims. 15m NE-SW; 9m NW-SE), despite being depicted as a circular enclosure on the 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map. It is defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.7m; ext. H 0.6m; int. H 0.2m) and slight barely visible outer fosse and is planted with coniferous trees in a modern coniferous forest. The monument may have been altered or modified in shape when the forestry was planted.
On top of poorly drained high ground in upland area with good views in all directions. A poorly preserved rectangular-shaped enclosure (dims. 15m NE-SW; 9m NW-SE), despite being depicted as a circular enclosure on the 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map. It is defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.7m; ext. H 0.6m; int. H 0.2m) and slight barely visible outer fosse and is planted with coniferous trees in a modern…
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record TS043-041
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- David Purchase, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
- kevin higgins, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Edvardforeve, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Scummy at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
- Neville Goodman, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Alvesgaspar, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Miguel Angel Masegosa Martínez, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
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