What is recorded here
Situated on a gentle NE-SW slope, surrounded by gently undulating pasture-land, with excellent views from SW-W-NW. Ringfort (WM008-034---) 250m to SE. Ringfort (WM008-035---) 300m to ESE). A circular-shaped area (diam. 30m N-S; 25.5m E-W) enclosed by a very poorly preserved earthen bank, almost completely levelled from SW-W-N, with a shallow fosse and low external bank at S. There is an entrance gap at WSW. The interior rises slightly towards the centre and has traces of cultivation ridges which run E-W.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 19 April 2017
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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