What is recorded here
Marked as an embanked enclosure and described as a ‘Fort’ in gothic lettering on the 1835 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and located towards the top of a steep S-facing slope. This is a circular area (int. diam. 21.6m N-S) defined by a drystone wall (Wth at least 1.4m; H 0.8m) with external facing-stones intermittently visible. The area is used as a haggard. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003).
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE007-032
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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Photo credits
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Richard Webb, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Kenneth Allen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Michael Murtagh, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- John M, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
- Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- John M, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Dieglop, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- John Darcy, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- NiallPFlynn, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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