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Located on a gentle S-facing slope, it is not depicted on any map. This is a D-shaped grass-covered mound (dims 12m WNW-ESE; 7m; NNE-SSW; H 1m at N to 2m at S), which is truncated at N by WNW-ESE road wall and there is a small grass-covered platform (dims 7m N-S; 4m E-W; H c. 0.5m) attached on the E side.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME023-012

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