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On the E bank of the Morningstar River that marks the townland boundary with Knockaunavlyman and c. 40m S of a forestry plantation. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified in 2006 by archaeologist Enda Mahony in the course of an archaeological assessment in advance of afforestation, described as an; ‘horse-shoe or U-Shaped mound with an opening (1.5m in width) to the west. The mound measures 4m in external diameter and rises to a height of between 0.5 and 0.75m above the surrounding ground level’. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages and location map provided by Emmet Byrnes
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 5 October 2021
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