What is recorded here
Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 60m) on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6 inch maps and named as ‘Rathavally’ in gothic script on both, but removed since 1925. It is situated at the W edge of a plateau and is visible as a slightly sunken circular area on the ground in a cereal crop. It is visible as a cropmark enclosure (diam. c. 40m) on aerial photographs (MM (18) 7-10).
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX040-019
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Richard Webb, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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