Earthwork in Meelaghans, County Offaly

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Map note: Earthwork in Meelaghans, an earthwork, is mapped around Meelaghans, County Offaly, Ireland. The past can keep its secrets; the map gives you a starting point.

Earthwork which acted as a railway embankment for a railiway line of post-1700 AD date (OHAS file 1974).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record OF017-016

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