What is recorded here
Shown on the 1st ed. (1838) of the OS 6-inch map as a rectangular enclosure (est. max. dims. L c. 38m NW-SE; Wth c. 30m) which pre-dates the boithrín shown angling to skirt it's SW and SE sides and which leads E to a broad expanse of bog. The boithrín was subsequently straightened, as shown on the latest ed. (1909) of the OS 6-inch map, to run directly across the monument. No visible surface trace survives; a modern house and garden lie to the SE of the gravelled boithrín and a soccer pitch lies immediately to the NW.
Shown on the 1st ed. (1838) of the OS 6-inch map as a rectangular enclosure (est. max. dims. L c. 38m NW-SE; Wth c. 30m) which pre-dates the boithrín shown angling to skirt it's SW and SE sides and which leads E to a broad expanse of bog. The boithrín was subsequently straightened, as shown on the latest ed. (1909) of the OS 6-inch map, to run directly across the monument. No visible surface trace survives; a…
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD012-005
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- Stephan van Helden, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Alex Passmore, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Eoghan888 at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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- Dougbermingham at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
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