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Embanked enclosure in Ballynaraha

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Marked as a large circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 75-80m) on the 1840 and 1927 eds of the OS 6-inch map. It is situated in pasture towards the top of a SE-facing slope, with a steeper slope down to the WNW-ESE River Bride c. 300m to the S. It is not visible at ground level. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 19 January 2012

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA029-018

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