What is recorded here
In pasture, on S-facing slope. Circular raised area (internal diam. 12m E-W; 11.9m N-S) defined by earthen bank (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.75m). Bank on N side obscured by heavy overgrowth. On outer bank face to NE is large upright stone (H 0.9m; 0.5m by 0.1m); stone firmly embedded at base but pushed outwards at top due to growth of hawthorn bush behind it.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO042-058
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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