Mound in Ballymacrossan, County Offaly

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What is recorded here

Map note: Around Ballymacrossan, County Offaly, Ireland, the map records Mound in Ballymacrossan as a mound. The past can keep its secrets; the map gives you a starting point.

Marked on 2nd ed. OS 6-inch map as a mound surrounded by a fosse. Levelled, no visible surface traces.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record OF033-001

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