What is recorded here
An oval mound (c. 53m NW-SE; c. 35m NE-SW), much quarried out, leaving high ‘banks’ at N, W and S. There is a slight external fosse with a flat base at N and W. Referred to in the OS Name Book (Ballynure parish (1838-40), book 132, 42) as ‘Dhoone Moat’.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 8 November 2012
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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