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In pasture, situated a gentle E-facing slope of a N–S ridge, c.20m SE of a rath (SL012-044001-). Slightly raised, flat-topped, circular platform (diam. 9m; H 0.2m at E, 0.8m at W) constructed of earth and stone, which slopes gently from W to E. Field boundaries which lay adjacent to the mound at E and S have been removed.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL012-044002

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