Why this matters
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
What is recorded here
This is reference to the enclosing wall around the 'Nuns' Chapel' at Clonmacnoise (Cooke 1875, 374-8).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 May 2011
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