Mound in Routagh, County Limerick

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What is recorded here

Situated on a gentle S-facing slope in gently undulating, well-drained pasture. Sub-circular area (14m E-W; 11m N-S) characterised by a growth of mature hawthorns on a scatter of stones. The stones vary in size (0.3m x 0.2m x 0.1m) and are collected in mounds (Wth c. 1m; H c. 0.3m).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI013-205

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