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Embanked enclosure in Knockane

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Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 35-40m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and situated at the crest of a gentle E-facing slope. It is visible as a cropmark (diam. c. 35m) on an aerial photograph (CUCAP, ALS 77), but is not visible at ground level in pasture.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA025-057

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