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Situated on top of a steep ridge surrounded by gently undulating grassland, with excellent views in all directions. Earthwork (WM008-071----) 230m to SW. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a roughly rectangular shaped earthwork intersected at N by a field boundary running E-W. Present remains consist of a…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM008-070
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- Maker not stated on source page, www.francisyork.com
- Maker not stated on source page, www.dreamstime.com
- Maker not stated on source page, www.geograph.ie
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, getnofilter.com
- Eric Jones, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, pixels.com
- Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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