What is recorded here
Situated on a hilltop which enjoys extensive views. The site comprises a low circular flat-topped mound (diam. 10m; H 0.75m; Healy 1975, 16). No traces of an outer fosse. Probably a barrow. Mound survives to c.1m in height and is marked by hawthorn tree to the south. Under long grass through which some large stones are visible.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU004-021
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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- Kieran Campbell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Dvcireland, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kieran Campbell, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
- C O'Flanagan, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- C O'Flanagan, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
- FrankFlanagan, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
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