What is recorded here
Situated on a prominent hillock, in gently undulating pasture. In the centre of ring barrow (WM026-045----) is a small rectangular-shaped house (dims. 3.5m E-W; 3.2m N-S) site enclosed by a bank (Wth 1.8m; H 0.3m) with a gap (Wth 0.9m) in the E and W ends. See attached plan and profile of the monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM026-045001
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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Photo credits
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- JP, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- MookiePlays, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Bridget Neville, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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