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Designed landscape — tree-ring in Killua

Designed landscape — tree-ring
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Situated on E facing slope of a prominent hillock in the demesne lands of Killua Castle which is 545m to SE. A small sub-circular shaped area (approx. diam. 9m E-W; 7m N-S) enclosed by a well preserved earthen bank and steep external fosse. The interior slopes from W-E. Located on the landscaped grounds of Killua Castle and possible that it is a tree-ring of post-1700 date. No antiquity depicted at this location on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. See attached section of earthwork surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 26 April 2017

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