Mound in Clondallow, County Offaly

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What is recorded here

Situated on top of a low natural rise in undulating countryside. Circular earthen mound (H 2m; diam top 6.3m) enclosed by wide flat bottomed fosse (Wth 4.2m; ext. D 1m) which has been altered on all sides. There is no evidence of an external bank which may have been destroyed when the inner fosse was being altered. Known locally as the Deans Fort. Natural mound which may have been used as a burial place.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record OF030-014

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