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Situated on low rise in low lying marshy pasture-land with good views in all directions, 50m S of a small stream. Barratogher House located 400m to W. Not depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map, but depicted on the 1875 ed. as a circular grove of trees. A sub-circular area (diam. 22m N-S; 24m E-W) enclosed by a…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM006-021
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