What is recorded here
In a rugged, gorse-covered area, on a W-facing slope overlooking Glanmore Lake. A square enclosure (c. 10m x c. 10m) is indicated and named 'pound' on the 1846 OS 6-inch map. This possible enclosure is not visible at ground level. A laneway connects this pound with the road. It is also named 'pound' on the OS Fair Plan.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE108-036
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Photo credits
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Richard Webb, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Mike Dickison, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
- Yosemite, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Trevor Harris, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Michael Dibb, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
- Jeff Buck, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Espresso Addict, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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