What is recorded here
Situated on a low, flat topped ridge, to N of Lough Ennell in generally level, low-lying pasture. A townland boundary lies c. 70m to E. Annotated 'Fort' and depicted on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map as a D-shaped earthwork, outlined by a bank, with the straight side along a field fence at W. Levelled monument described in 1981 as a large, roughly circular-shaped depression which could represent a quarried ringwork. There are small quarry like pits cut into the side of the ridge at N and SW.
Situated on a low, flat topped ridge, to N of Lough Ennell in generally level, low-lying pasture. A townland boundary lies c. 70m to E. Annotated 'Fort' and depicted on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map as a D-shaped earthwork, outlined by a bank, with the straight side along a field fence at W. Levelled monument described in 1981 as a large, roughly circular-shaped depression which could represent a quarried ringwork.…
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM025-029
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