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Copse WA037-002---- in Ballynatray Demesne

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WA037-002----
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Marked as a circular wood on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated towards the top of an E-facing slope. Circular scrub-covered area (diam. 69m N-S) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 6-8m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 2-2.5m), with an outer flat-bottomed fosse (at S: Wth of top 8.6m; Wth at base 1.5m; D 1m) S-N-NE. There is no visible entrance, and the pereimeter is planted with deciduous trees. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 07 October 2011

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA037-002

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, aroundus.com
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Gfwc70, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • dougf, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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