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In a small tree plantation straddling a broad gully on a ridge of high land. There are good views in all directions. Described by Barry (1977, 187) in a corpus of moated sites as, 'Flat platform. Int. Bank, except to east, 4m wide and 2.50m high. Dry moat 3.3m wide and 1.10m deep'. A roughly trapezoidal enclosure (dims. c. 80m NW-SE at W end narrowing to c. 57m NW-SE at E end; c. 69m E-W at N tapering to c. 61m at S) enclosed by a bank (int. H c. 1-1.5m; ext. H 1-1.5m) and fosse (Wth c. 2m; D 1m), though the latter has been infilled on the N and E sides. However, as the interior (D c. 2.5m) undulates with a natural dip in the terrain, much of it is well below the surrounding field level. It is unlikely that this is a moated site and it appears to be designed landscape feature associated with Borrismore House and demesne. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 14 May 2019