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Embanked enclosure in Middlequarter

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Situated on a slight rise in a low-lying landscape with the estuary of the W-E Brickey River c. 350m to the SW and c. 700m to the S. Oval grass-covered area (dims. 38m E-W; 31m N-S) defined by a shallow fosse (Wth 6m) which is visible in places as a change in vegetation (Wth 6-7m generally to 11m at N), with traces of a second fosse (Wth c. 5m) visible as lush vegetation separated from the inner fosse by a parched area (Wth 5m) E-S. There is no identifiable entrance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA036-002

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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  • Slamforeman, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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