What is recorded here
In reclaimed pasture. Indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map as an oval enclosure (dims. c. 55m N-S; c. 44m E-W) and as a more irregular shape on the 1900-01 revision. A circular area (int. diam. 38m) enclosed by wide earthen bank (Wth 6m; H 1.2-2.5m) with traces of an external fosse at the N and S. The interior is heavily overgrown with scrub and some trees.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK029-014
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- kevin higgins, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Alex Passmore, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- kevin higgins, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Sarah777, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
- A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC0
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