Earthwork in Doonvullen Upper, County Limerick

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What is recorded here

On low-lying improved, wet pasture, cut by land drains and watercourses. Enclosure (LI023-256----) lies 50m to SE and ring-barrow (LI023-183----) lies 110m to NW, respectively. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a rectilinear-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey (Bruff 183: AP 4/3689). Earthwork visible on OSi othoimage taken 2005-12 but not visible on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-2013 or on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 28/06/2018 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 183.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI023-184002

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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