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Located on the E facing slope of rising ground in mountainous region. One of a group of five circular enclosures (OF039-015001/002/003/004-) that are indicated on the current edition of the OS 6-inch map. Not indicated on the first two editions of the 6-inch map. These enclosures are not indicated as an antiquity and may be landscape features of post-1700 AD date. Present site consists of a circular enclosure (diam. 24m) enclosed by a low earthen bank and deep outer fosse which has a V-shaped profile with no evidence of any entrance feature. The interior of the site slopes from W to E. Four of these enclosures still survive intact with the fifth one destroyed by a modern forestry road. The four surviving enclosures are located in modern forrestry and are now inaccesible. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011