Ballyederlan Cropmark Enclosure, County Donegal

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What is recorded here

Situated on SW facing slope of poorly drained land. Large circular enclosure visible on Bing Maps aerial photograph taken between November 2011 and March 2012. High grass growth at time of inspection obscured evidence of enclosure which was barely visible as a low circular rise of ground.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DG098-041

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