What is recorded here
On the E-facing slope of Brandon Hill, although in a clearing in forestry it is heavily covered with vegetation including ferns and scrub. It is described by Moore (1849-51, 23) as a 'quadrangular fort', which ‘besides possessing the usual fosse and rampart, contained within the enclosed space foundations of buildings…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK029-033001
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- Sarah777, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
- Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
- kevin higgins, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Dowlinme, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.flickr.com
- A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- kevin higgins, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- kevin higgins, commons.wikimedia.org
- Lisamoriarty1, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
- Humphrey Bolton, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
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