Earthwork in Creggane, County Limerick

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What is recorded here

In reclaimed pasture recently planted with forestry, 240m E of a watercourse that marks the townland boundary with Foxhall East. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a possible earthwork from aerial photographs (ASIAP). Faint trace of circular cropmark (diam. c. 55m) visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 01/04/2021. See attached Google Earth orthoimages.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI047-093

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