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In gently undulating pasture, with good view in all directions. The monument consists of a flat topped (18m N-S; 13m W-E) conical mound (diam. 38m; H 4.7m) with a roughly rectangular platform (26m E-W; 32m N-S) defined by a scarped edge (Wth 8m; H 2.5m) attached on its W side. The entire mounment is overgrown by scrub. A field boundary crosses the platform close to its junction with the mound. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 29 October 2013.

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Castle — motte and bailey in Portnard

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