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Mound in Mortlestown

Mound
Mound in Mortlestown
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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. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 23 November 2021
A Neolithic passage tomb; wider significance not recorded.

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