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Earthwork
Earthwork
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Kane (1917, 547) refers to the tradition of earthworks that might have been part of the Black Pig’s Dyke near Ballinamore but there is no substantiation for this, and no earthworks can be identified.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE025-111

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Photo credits
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.echolive.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, monumentalireland.ie
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Kenneth Allen, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.tripadvisor.ie
  • Bryan Keane / Inpho, www.irishexaminer.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.findagrave.com
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