What is recorded here
In poorly drained land with stream which forms townland boundary with Ballyvalode, immediately to N. Surveyed by the ASI in 2008 and described as a large circular-shaped area (diam. 40m) defined by a poorly preserved scarp (Wth 3m; H 1.5m) subsided from WSW-W-WNW and eroded by livestock from SSE-S-SSW, with possible entrance at WNW. The interior is obscured by impenetrable vegetation. A possible megalithic tomb or structure (LI024-295----) stands in the centre of the earthwork. Monument visible as a circular-shaped tree-planted earthwork, surrounded to E, S and W by forestry plantations on Google Earth orthoimages taken 18/11/2018.
See attached sketch plan and cross-sections surveyed and drawn by the ASI.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 21 July 2020
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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