Concentric enclosure in Larah, County Carlow

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What is recorded here

In tillage. A concentric enclosure identified as a cropmark by Faith Bailey and Simon Dowling on satellite imagery (Google Earth Pro, imagery date 14 July 2018). It consists of an inner, somewhat irregular enclosure (dims. c. 43m N-S; c. 40m E-W) and an outer roughly oval enclosure (dims. c. 85m N-S; c. 76m E-W). The space or berm between the two enclosures varies from 15m up to 23m. See attached image: CW017-064----_01 Google Earth Pro Image © 2019 CNES/Airbus CW017-064----_02 Google Earth Pro Image © 2019 CNES/Airbus with enclosure highlighted Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 21 October 2019

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CW017-064

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