Moated site in Derraulin, County Limerick

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What is recorded here

In dry level pasture. Ringfort (038-132---) located c. 30m to SW. Rectangular area (21.2m E-W; 21.8m N-S) defined by an earthen bank E->NW (int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.6m) with slight trace of external fosse at SW, and by field fence NW->E. Gap (Wth 5.3m) through bank at SW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI038-133

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