Earthwork in Spiddal, County Meath

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What is recorded here

Located on a rise in an undulating landscape. It is depicted as a hachured feature only on the 1908 edition of the OS 6-inch map. This is a subcircular grass-covered area (dims 20m NE-SW; 17m NW-SE) defined by a slight scarp that melds into the natural slope.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME005-101

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