
What is recorded here
Situated on a gentle rise, in undulating pasture, with good views from E-S-W and restricted to N. Monument described in 1971 and 1976 as an oval-shaped area (dims. 36m N-S; 31.7m E-W) enclosed by a low earthen bank and shallow external fosse. The low bank has been truncated by a field boundary running NNE-SSW across the WNW sector. There is a shallow fosse visible at S and NNW. The original entrance is not recognisable. The interior is slightly uneven and is featureless.
See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by ASI.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 17 July 2019
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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