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In pasture, on S-facing slope immediately below brow of hill. Roughly rectangular area (37m N-S; 33.6m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.4m) SE->W and by collapsed dry-stone wall (int. H 0.55m; ext. H 0.45m) NE->SW. Wall is best preserved (H 0.8m) where it runs along outer base of bank SE->SW. Dense vegetation cover obscures enclosing element W->NE. Low rubble wall (H 0.3m; Wth. 1m) runs along top of bank SSW->SW. Interior, covered with trees and nettles, dips towards centre. Recent dwelling adjacent to W. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI020-136

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