What is recorded here
Situated in low-lying, wet pasture, with good views of the surrounding landscape. A stream flows close to N and E. In the centre of ringfort (WM031-074001-) are two roughly rectangular-shaped house sites or one house with two rooms. This building may be the structure depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. A low bank running N-S projects from the bank of the ringfort at S to the SE corner of the central house site.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM031-074001
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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Photo credits
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Wayne77, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Maker named on the Wikimedia Commons picture page · CC BY-SA 2.5
- A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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