What is recorded here
A subcircular cashel (dims. c. 60m E-W, 51m N-S) defined by a roughly coursed limestone wall (T c. 1.1m, max. H c. 5m). Only the lower courses of the wall remain from SW-ENE. Described as being 19 feet high (c. 5.7m) with walls 4-4.5 ft (c. 1.2m) in thickness, with a residence or castle (LA033-016001-) in the interior…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LA033-016001
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