Mound in Ballymaddock, County Laois

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What is recorded here

Marked on the 1841 and 1909 editions of the OS 6-inch maps as a tree-covered mound (max. dim. 60m N-S). Situated on E face of a N-S ridge. A fosse (Wth c. 5m; int. D c. 1.8m; ext. D c. 1m) survives at SE, with faint remains at N. Remains of an external bank (Wth c. 4.8m, ext. H c. 1.6m) survive at SE. No other visible remains. Quarried at E, W and interior. Possible remains of a landscape feature.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LA024-040

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