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Depicted as a tree-ring on OS 1836 and 1876 eds. Site has been largely levelled. Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 34m) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone which probably represents the base of a stone rampart. Original entrance not recognisable.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CV001-017

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Kenneth Allen, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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  • N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • N Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Anne Burgess, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Gerard Lovett from ireland, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
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