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In undulating pasture, on slight NW-facing slope with excellent views from S-NNE. An enclosure (LI050-014---) lies 110m to the SE. Not marked on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OS 25-inch map as a raised roughly circular-shaped area defined by a curving scarp from W-N-E and curving field…

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In undulating pasture, on slight NW-facing slope with excellent views from S-NNE. An enclosure (LI050-014---) lies 110m to the SE. Not marked on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OS 25-inch map as a raised roughly circular-shaped area defined by a curving scarp from W-N-E and curving field boundaries from E-S-W. Levelled monument surveyed by the ASI in 1999, described as a slightly raised sub-circular shaped area (10m N-S; 12m E-W) defined by a scarp (Wth 6m; H 0.45m). No surface remains visible of levelled earthwork or field boundaries on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimages. Faint trace of levelled earthwork and relic field boundaries on Google Earth orthoimage dated 18/11/2018. See attached sketch plan surveyed and drawn by ASI and Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 4 November 2021

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI050-012

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • kevin higgins, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
  • Get Lost Mountaineering; photographer not stated, Get Lost Mountaineering
  • Maker not stated on source page, in.pinterest.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
  • Neil Theasby, commons.wikimedia.org
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