What is recorded here
Situated on a hillock in an undulating landscape. This is a circular grass-covered and slightly domed area (diam. 24m NNW-SSE; 22.5m E-W) defined by an external scarp (at N: Wth 2m; H 1m; at S: Wth 4m; H 1.8m) and berm (Wth 1.2-2.2m). The perimeter is slightly quarried at E but an original entrance is not identified.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME022-023
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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Photo credits
- Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Gavigan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Brian Shaw, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Bob Embleton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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