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Small earthen mound (diam. 11m; H. 2m). Aerial photograph (CUCAP BGN 27) shows cropmarks of drains, fields and possible trackways in an area to the S and W of the monument. Situated on a low ridge. Described in 1955 as having traces of a fosse (Danaher 1955, no. 302).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD037-014

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