What is recorded here
In an upland area. A subcircular area (dims. 25.7m N-S, 23m E-W) defined by a scarp at E, and elsewhere by an earthen bank (Wth c. 3.4m, int. H c. 0.2m, ext. H c. 0.8m). Slight evidence of fosse. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LA015-020
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- dougf, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Malene Thyssen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
- Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hugh Chevallier, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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