What is recorded here
Situated on S-facing slope of a steep hill, in demesne woodland with good views in all directions, particularly of Mount Dalton Lough to S. Depicted as an oblong-shaped feature (approx. dims. 16m N-S; 11m E-W) truncated by a trackway at S, on the 1837 OS 6-inch map. Depicted as a roughly oval-shaped area (approx.…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM017-104
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
- Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
- Maker not stated on source page, irisharchaeology.org
- Maker not stated on source page, www.flickr.com
- Photographer not named on article, www.westmeathindependent.ie
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