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Just S of the summit of Sheep Hill which has a trig. station The name of this hill was recorded in Irish by John O'Donovan in the 1830s as Cnoc Loinge - Ship hill (Herity 2010, 15). The barrow is a circular grass-covered mound containing some stone (diam. 3.8m; H 0.1-0.3m) and with a slight hollow (diam. 1.7m) defined by a slight fosse (Wth of base 0.6m; ext. D 0.2-0.3m) and outer bank (Wth 2m; H 0.1m) (max. ext. diam. 9m). The possible rath (RO051-021----) is c. 100m to the E and wayside cross (RO051-023----) is c. 80m to the SSW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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