Monument in Fenagh Beg, mound in County Leitrim

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What is recorded here

Situated in an undulating landscape with rock outcrop. It was described in the 1830s as a small enclosure with a mound at its centre (OSNB, No. 83), and in 1944 as a small flat-topped platform (dims of top c. 7m E-W; c. 6m N-S; diam. of base c. 10m; H c. 1m) (OSFM). No archaeological feature is visible at ground level in the front garden of a house.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE025-088

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