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Situated on a low rise in grassland overlooking Lough Owel 150m to SW. Portnashangan church ruins (WM012-086----) and burial ground (WM012-086001-) 60m to ENE. Depicted on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map as an oval shaped earthwork annotated ‘fort’ with spring well just outside the earthwork to the ENE. On this map a drain or stream flowing into Lough Owel is depicted running past the base of the earthwork on E side. This watercourse can still be seen today. Present remains consist of a raised oval shaped mound (approx. diam. 17m NW-SW; 24m NE-SW) now covered in scrub vegetation defined by a scarp. The interior rises towards the centre. A depression in the scarp (Wth 1.8m) at N may represent the original entrance. Profile of monument suggest a burial mound or motte associated with Portnashangan church rather than that of a ringfort. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 19 February 2018

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Castle — motte in Portnashangan

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