What is recorded here
In pasture, near top of hill. Depicted on 1842, 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch map as arc ESE->WNW formed by townland boundary. Arc (C c. 55m) formed by earthen bank (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.6m) ESE->WNW with internal fosse (D 0.8m). Bank overgrown with hawthorn bushes. Fosse infilled with rubbish SW->WNW. No visible surface trace survives to suggest arc formed part of circle.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO016-187
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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