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Listed as an 'earthwork' in the SMR (1986) based on documentary evidence (NMI 1939:988). The report states that a human skull was found in a rabbit-burrow contained in an earthen mound or rath. Not located.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI009-024

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  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Maker not stated on source page, monumentalireland.ie
  • National Bird of Prey Centre (photographer not stated), National Bird of Prey Centre
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.irishfamilyhistorycentre.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.flickr.com
  • INPHO / Laszlo Geczo, credited in HoganStand caption, hoganstand.com
  • Picture: Wicklow County Tourism
  • James Allan, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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