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Moated site in Skeheen (nagle)

Moated site
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Situated on wet poorly drained grassland with stone circle (WM031-116----) immediately to NNE. Stream forming townland boundary with Ballyhattan 100m to W and Donore Bridge 110m to NW. Present remains consists of a square-shaped area (dims. 25m x 25m) enclosed by an earthen bank (approx. dims. Wth 1.7m; H 0.5-0.8m) and old drainage ditch (Wth 1-2m) running NE-SW only visible from NNW-N-NNE, elsewhere no visible remains of an enclosing ditch. Possible entrance gap (Wth 1.5m) at S. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Melanie McQuade. Date of upload: 22 March 2017

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