Earthwork in Oberstown, County Dublin

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What is recorded here

In tillage field. Circular-shaped cropmark (diam. c. 30m) visible on Apple Maps orthoimage. Faint outline of circular-shaped area defined by a ditch visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 24/06/2018. See attached orthoimage taken from Apple Maps and Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 23 December 2022

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU008-124

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Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dr Charles Nelson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
FrankFlanagan, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
Jonjobaker, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Maker not stated on source page, www.ireland.com

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