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Embanked enclosure in Monamelagh

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Marked as a circular embanked enclousre (ext. diam. c. 45m) o the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as a fragment of a bank (C c. 25m) W-N on the 1922 ed. Situated on the E-facing slope of the N-S valley of the Kilfarrasy stream. Circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 35m) defined by an overgrown, flat-topped bank (Wth at base 8m; Wth at top 3m; int. H 2m; ext. H 2.8m) and outer fosse (Wth at base 2.5m; D 0.8m) W-N, with a slight scarp elsewhere.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA025-064

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Photo credits
  • P L Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Jamie O’Keeffe / Copper Post, Fenor GAA section, copper-post.beehiiv.com
  • Thommcg1980, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Brendan Tobin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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