Embanked enclosure in Aghnacue, County Monaghan

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What is recorded here

: Located on a rise at the SW end of a NE-SW ridge. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 38m WNW-ESE; 36m NNE-SSW) defined by a scarp (at SSE: H 1.45m) that is planted with trees except N-SSE. The scarp has been steepened into an almost vertical face with a modern field bank at the base SSE-W-N. There is a slight ramp entrance at E, which might be the original entrance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MO018-017

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