What is recorded here
Recorded in 1981 as the 'remains of a large circular enclosure bounded by remains of an earth and stone bank best preserved from SW-W-N-E. The bank is eroded down to the interior from NW-N-E. From SW-W-N where the site is overlooked by a hillslope the bank drops appreciably into the interior and rises only very…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DG073-013005
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- Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
- Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
- Maker not stated on source page, www.flickr.com
- Robert Bone, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, za.pinterest.com
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, traveller-eu.ru
- Joseph Mischyshyn, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Rossographer, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Rossographer, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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