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Embanked enclosure in Knockadaff

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On a gentle N-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 8.75m) defined by a scrub-covered earthen bank (Wth 1.2m generally to 3.5m at S; int. H 0.2m generally to 0.75m at S; ext. H 0.1m at W to 0.8m at S). The bank is revetted externally by large upright stones or a drystone-built wall and there is an entrance (Wth 1.3m) defined by two large stones at NW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO006-022001

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Photo credits
  • St Michael’s GAA Club blog; photographer not named, stmichaelsgaa.blogspot.com
  • Brian Shaw, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Alan Murray-Rust, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Deadstar, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Jonjobaker, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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