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Embanked enclosure in Glenour

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What is recorded here

Situated at the edge of a plateau overlooking a NE-SW stream c. 60m to the W. This is a circular scrub-covered area (diam. c. 25m) defined by a flat bottomed moat (at S: Wth of top 7.5m; Wth of base 4.5m; D 1.5-2m; at NW: Wth of top 6.5m; Wth of base 3m; D 2m), with an outer field bank SW-N that has been removed N-E. There is an entrance causeway (Wth 2.5m) at SE, possibly recent, and an older entrance causeway (Wth 1.5m) at SW. Archaeological testing (06E0830) immediately to the E produced no related material (McLoughlin 2008).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX031-025

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What survives
No visible remains or recorded as destroyed
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  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Moyarney, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Jonathan Thacker, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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