What is recorded here
In reclaimed pasture atop low knoll. Circular area (21.5m N-S; 22.4m E-W) enclosed by ruinous stone bank (H 0.85m). Four contiguous slabs line bank internally at E; modern stone walling atop bank SW->NW. Interior flat though covered with field clearance stones. Known locally as a "lios".
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO106-054
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Photo credits
- Ernest Riordan, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Graham Horn, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Jane Carver, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Graham Horn, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
- Hywel Williams, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Draceane, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Maker named on the Wikimedia Commons picture page · CC BY-SA 3.0
- mozzercork @ flickr, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
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