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In pasture 50m W of the townland boundary with Millmount. Associated with site of Millmount Castle (LI074-026002-) which was located in centre of earthwork. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised sub-rectangular-shaped platform (dims. c. 33m NE-SW; 15m NW-SE) truncated at N by railway track running NE-SW. Faint trace of linear cropmark running NE-SW visible on Google Earth orthoimages. Earthwork may represent the remains of a bawn or enclosure associated with the levelled Millmount Castle. See attached Google Earth orthoimages.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI047-026001

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • john salter, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Munster GAA Post Primary Schools; individual photographer not named, munster.gaa.ie
  • The Speckled Bird, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.goirishtours.com
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