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Situated at the summit of the Vee pass through the Knockmealdown Mountains, on the E side of the road. It is not marked on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Rectangular vaulted structure (ext. dims. 5m E-W; 4.4m N-S; H c. 4m) the W wall of which is missing, with no diagnostic features. It is conserved as a shelter. Pill-box (WA011-009----) is c. 600m to the S.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA011-008

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Pictures: Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Hywel Williams, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; kevin higgins, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Alexander Redfern, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Miguel Angel Masegosa Martínez, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0; A copy of this photograph is owned by National Library of Ireland and can be viewed here [1], Wikimedia Commons · Public domain; Martin Richard Phelan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Ivar Leidus, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 ee

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