Mound in Doonskerdeen, County Limerick

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What is recorded here

In low-lying marshy terrain. The monument, which is depicted as a circular mound (diam. c. 5m) on the 1923 OS 6-inch map, has been eroded by quarrying. It is now evident as an irregular-shaped rise (L c. 7.4m; H c. 0.7m) obscured by tall grass and scrub overgrowth.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI010-054

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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Vadim Manuylov, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
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