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Situated on W facing slope of hill in grassland with extensive views from S-W-N. Motte and bailey (WM012-079----) 140m to NE, Taghmon church (WM012-076----) and castle (WM012-074----) 330m and 460m to the NNW respectively. Depicted on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map as a broad circular shaped earthwork annotated as ‘fort’. This site now consists of a slightly raised sub-rectangular shaped area (approx. diam. 24m N-S; 21m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank and shallow external fosse with possible entrance gap (Wth 2.3m) at SW. The bank and fosse are only visible from SE-S-NW. A field fence running E-W which is the townland boundary with Taghmon intersects the perimeter of the site at N. A curving field fence which is the townland boundary with Glebe forms the NE perimeter of the monument. A field boundary at NE represents the townland boundary with Glebe. Traces of cultivation ridges are visible running E-W across the interior of the monument. Outline of monument is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1970 (CUCAP BDV079/080). See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 15 February 2018

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Partially hachured — Monkstown

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