Mound in Mortlestown, County Limerick

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What is recorded here

In reclaimed pasture, immediately W of a public road. Holy well (LI056-009001-) known locally as Tobar Fhionáin lies 10m to the SW. Not marked on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Depicted as a small circular shaped mound on the Cassini ed. OSi 6-inch map. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-2013 or on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimage.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI056-009002

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