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Shown on the OS 25-inch map as a square mound (est. max. c. 16m ENE-WSW; c. 16m NNW-SSE). Extensive land clearance and field consolidation has occurred in this area, and no visible surface traces survive.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD027-030

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