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On a slight NE-facing slope, in improved pasture, 110m E of a townland boundary with Killeenavera. Enclosure (LI024-144----) lies 120m to SE. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Monument described by O’Dwyer (1964, 95), as a circular-shaped platform (diam. 99ft/30.2m) which is slightly raised (H 3ft/0.9m) around its edge and with faint traces of a fosse. Monument surveyed by the ASI in 2008 and described as no surface remains visible. Field boundary depicted bisecting area of monument on current edition OS 6-inch map has been removed. Levelled monument is not visible on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012, or on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-201, or on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018.
See attached profile drawn by O’Dwyer in 1964 and Google Earth orthoimages taken 05/05/2002 and 28/06/2018.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 28 September 2020
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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