What is recorded here
Marked as an embanked enclosure bisected by a NW-SE field bank on the 1840 (ext. diam. c. 40m) and the 1925 (ext. diam. c. 35m) eds. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated towards the top of a severe S-facing slope. Subcircular grass-covered platform (dims. 25m NE-SW; 20m NW-SE) defined by a scarp (H 0.3m at N (upslope) to 1.1m at S). A slight dip in the scarp at E (Wth 2.2m) may be the entrance. There is no visible fosse, and it is bisected by a NW-SE field bank.
Marked as an embanked enclosure bisected by a NW-SE field bank on the 1840 (ext. diam. c. 40m) and the 1925 (ext. diam. c. 35m) eds. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated towards the top of a severe S-facing slope. Subcircular grass-covered platform (dims. 25m NE-SW; 20m NW-SE) defined by a scarp (H 0.3m at N (upslope) to 1.1m at S). A slight dip in the scarp at E (Wth 2.2m) may be the entrance. There is no visible…
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA006-018
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Nell's CottageFarm house · 612 yd
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KnocksheegownaMountain / peak · 2.2 mi
Mahon FallsWaterfall · 3.6 mi
Mahon ValleyCliff · 3.9 mi
CoumshingaunMountain corrie and lake · 3.9 miPictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Rwxrwxrwx at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain; kevin higgins, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Kevin O'Brien 13, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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