Earthwork in Coolfores, County Dublin

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What is recorded here

In large tillage field, transected at E by townland boundary with Balgaddy. Cropmark of circular-shaped area (diam. c. 29m) defined by the cropmark of a ditch identified on Google Earth orthoimage taken 21/07/2021. See attached drone aerial image courtesy of Ian Lennon Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien based on details provided by Ian Lennon Date of upload: 28 July 2023

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU004-101

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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C O'Flanagan, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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