What is recorded here
Situated on the SSW face of a slight natural rise, surrounded by undulating grassland. Ringfort (WM009-030----) 450m to NW. A slightly raised oval shaped area (approx. diam. 28m NE-SW; 18.5m NW-SE) enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank with entrance gap (Wth 5m) at SE. The interior slopes from NE-SW. The perimeter has been disturbed by digging at NW.
See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 17 May 2017
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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