What is recorded here
Univallate. Subcircular area on hilltop (max. dims. c. 101m N-S; 112m E-W) enclosed by traces of rubble rampart with stone facing. Stone-faced entrance gap at WSW (Wth 3.1m). (Carloviana 1986, 9) The hillfort was recently described in the Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland as following; 'Contour fort…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CW019-065
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- Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- liam murphy, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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- Alex Passmore, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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