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Moated site in Maws

Moated site

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What is recorded here

On the S bank of the E-flowing Rye Water river in gently undulating pasture. A sub-rectangular area (int. dims. L 32.2m E-W; Wth 22m) is defined by a broad shallow fosse (Wth. 3.2- 6m; D. 0.2-0.4m) along E, S and W, and by the river along the N. A modern drain crosses the S limits NE-SW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD005-006

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What survives
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  • Scaramanga731, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • MBE21, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • AugusteBlanqui, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Darkone ( talk · contribs ), Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.5
  • Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • William Murphy from Dublin, Ireland, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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