Whilst taking pictures of the SE circle my eye was drawn to this wonderful earth work just 75m away and up the hill a little. Upon investigation it turns out to be a massive henge 30m in diameter. I do not think it is a rath because there is a large entrance (4m wide) facing south east - the same orientation to the circles.
The banks are at least 1.3m high and the center is very boggy now. A great place.
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The OS map has this monument marked as a barrow. If it is a barrow then it's a big one and, unusually, the bank and fosse around it have two opposing gaps. I still think this is a henge and that it was classified as a barrow, because no one expects a henge this far south, so therefore it can't be a henge.
It is actually just 50m or so from the stone circle. It is built on the top of the col between the two peaks that overlook the complex. This means that this is the only monument here that has views to the south. The terrain only allows the other monuments to look west.
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I will not include directions for these sites. If you wish to find them then I recommend a good compass and an OS map. Even better a GPS.
A Random Selection of Nearby Monuments
 Ballinacarrig (Co. Wexford) |  Dowth (Co. Meath) |  Banagher (Co. Cavan) |
 Toor (Co. Wicklow) |  Longstone Rath (Co. Kildare) |  Skirk (Co. Laois) |
