²¹Schot, Roseanne. “Uisneach Midi a Medón Érenn: A Prehistoric ‘Cult’ Centre and ‘Royal Site’ in Co. Westmeath.” The Journal of Irish Archaeology 15 (2006): 50-3. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20650850.
Citing as evidence against interpreting the pits as postholes, Schot writes, "...their shape (flat-bottomed?) and the lack of evidence for a construction ramp and formal post pit would seem to argue against their having served such a purpose."