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Hilltop enclosure in Drumgavny

Hilltop enclosure

What is recorded here

Situated just E of the summit of an E-W drumlin ridge. This is a large circular grass-covered area (diam. 97m E-W; 93m N-S) that is domed N-S across the ridge. It is defined by an earthen bank (at W: Wth of base 4.5m; Wth of top 1.5m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 2.5m) and hedge SW-NW and SE-S but it is largely reduced to a scarp and hedge, and an outer, rounded fosse (at W: Wth of top 3.5m; Wth of base 1.5m; ext. D 1.6m). There is an external field bank SW-N-ENE that replaces the fosse ENE-SSE and a farm lane runs in the fosse SSE-SW. There are many gaps in the perimeter but the original entrance might be the modernised entrance at SE. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 18 June 2018

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MO018-026

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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  • Enda O Flaherty, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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