Mill Moat, earthwork in County Carlow

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What is recorded here

The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). diam. c. 20m) and on 1908 ed. as small mound on top of rise. Price described site as a modified natural mound with traces of fosse and bank at base, slight platform half way up and summit. diam. c 3m, (1929, Notebook No. 4). Mound has been quarried extensively. None of these features now visible. Location overlooking Scotland Brook to N, where it goes through small gorge, suggests defensive site.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CW005-002

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Smith Groundworks (project publisher); individual photographer not named, smithgroundworksandcivilengineering.ie
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