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Moated site in Ballymartin

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In low-lying level wet pasture with poor views in all directions abutting a stream. Surveyed by the ASI in 2000, and described as a roughly rectangular-shaped area (30m NW-SE; 36m NE-SW ) defined by a scarp with external fosse (Base Wth 1.9m; Overall Wth 5.9m; int. D 0.3m; ext. D 0.2m) visible from SW-W-N-E-ESE.…

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In low-lying level wet pasture with poor views in all directions abutting a stream. Surveyed by the ASI in 2000, and described as a roughly rectangular-shaped area (30m NW-SE; 36m NE-SW ) defined by a scarp with external fosse (Base Wth 1.9m; Overall Wth 5.9m; int. D 0.3m; ext. D 0.2m) visible from SW-W-N-E-ESE. Interior is level and clear of overgrowth. The monument is visible as a rectangular shaped enclosure on the OSi orthophotos taken 2005-2012, Digital Globe orthoimages 2011-2013 and Google Earth orthoimages taken in 2017. Faint trace of levelled monument visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 2018. See attached sketch plan surveyed and drawn by ASI and Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 7 August 2020

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI022-129

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