What is recorded here
In level pasture with good views in all directions, 140m NW of the Cahernahallia River which also forms a townland boundary with Carrig Beg. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as an oval-shaped earthwork (36m NE-SW; 32m NW-SE) and on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a semi-circular bank (diam. 34m E-W). Monument surveyed by the ASI in 1999 and described as no surface remains visible. Monument is visible as a faint oval-shaped earthwork on OSi orthophoto taken 2005-2012, on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 18/11/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 18/11/2018
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 17 October 2020
In level pasture with good views in all directions, 140m NW of the Cahernahallia River which also forms a townland boundary with Carrig Beg. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as an oval-shaped earthwork (36m NE-SW; 32m NW-SE) and on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a semi-circular bank (diam. 34m E-W). Monument surveyed by the ASI in 1999 and described as no surface remains visible. Monument is visible as a…
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI025-003
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