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Mound in Mountseskin

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Situated to the E of Mountseskin House in an open field of rich pastureland that falls away to the SE. A small oval mound (L 10m; Wth 6.6m; H 2.8m) surveyed by the Archaeological Society, UCD, in 1942. It has since been removed leaving no visible trace at ground level (Healy 1975, 1-19). To the W are are two ring-barrows (DU024-021----, DU024-022----). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Revised upload on: 7 July 2018

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed.

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