What is recorded here
In pasture, on W-facing slope. Circular area (24.5m N-S; 24m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank, with external fosse (D 0.3m; Wth 1.1m) SSE->SSW. Bank (int. H 0.45m; ext. H 1.3m) is highest S->N where slope of ground is greatest; Bank grades to scarped edge (int. H 0.15m; ext. H 1.3m) along W arc. Level interior under pasture.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI011-015
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Robin Moody, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Miguel Angel Masegosa Martínez, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
- Garry Dickinson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Peter Gerken, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Wikimedia Commons contributor · Public domain
- Joseph Mischyshyn, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
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