
What is recorded here
A semicircular enclosure (C c. 40m WNW-E) defined by a low bank (Wth c. 2m int. H c. 0.3m, ext. H c. 0.5m) from W-E. No evidence of fosse or original entrance. A field wall cuts the site at WNW and E and the area to the S of it has been reclaimed.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 17 December 2007
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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