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In reclaimed pasture, immediately W of a watercourse that forms the townland boundary with Milltown. Milltown House lies 240m to the NE. Not marked on OSi historic maps. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 46; AP 5/2069) as a possible enclosure. Possible earthwork visible as a scrub covered…

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In reclaimed pasture, immediately W of a watercourse that forms the townland boundary with Milltown. Milltown House lies 240m to the NE. Not marked on OSi historic maps. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 46; AP 5/2069) as a possible enclosure. Possible earthwork visible as a scrub covered circular shaped area transected at N by a track running roughly NE-SW on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. On Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017 the ground has been excavated where the possible earthwork was located. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Bruff aerial photograph marked 46 and Google Earth orthoimages.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI040-184

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.geograph.ie
  • Knockane GAA Club website; individual photographer not stated, www.knockane.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
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