What is recorded here
Not visible at ground level. Site was levelled twenty years ago. Depicted as a circular enclosure on 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map. Described in the OS Field Name Books 1837-40 as 'an ancient fort' (OSFNB 1837-40).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 May 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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