What is recorded here
Situated on NE facing slope of a large ridge in grassland, overlooked by higher ground from NE-E. Ringfort (WM012-090----) 155m to W. Depicted on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map as a circular shaped earthwork with some trees on the perimeter and annotated as a ‘fort’. Poorly preserved site visible as a circular shaped area (approx. diam. 47m NE-SW; 42m NW-SE) enclosed by a low poorly preserved earthen bank and external fosse. The perimeter has been incorporated into a field fence which curves outwards from N-E. Outline of monument clearly visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011.
Situated on NE facing slope of a large ridge in grassland, overlooked by higher ground from NE-E. Ringfort (WM012-090----) 155m to W. Depicted on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map as a circular shaped earthwork with some trees on the perimeter and annotated as a ‘fort’. Poorly preserved site visible as a circular shaped area (approx. diam. 47m NE-SW; 42m NW-SE) enclosed by a low poorly preserved earthen bank and external…
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM012-091
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- kevin higgins, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Bridget Neville, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Rev William Falkiner (Life time: d 1910), Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
- Kieran Campbell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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