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Embanked enclosure in Rathfuadagh (RO021-073001-)

Enclosure

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Official monument number
RO021-073001-
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What is recorded here

Visible on aerial photographs (ACAP: V206/10-11), and situated in a slight fold on an undulating landscape. Rectangular area (dims 22.6m NW-SE; 20.8m NE-SW) defined by earthen banks (Wth 2-3m; int. H 0.3-0.4m; ext. H 0.8-1m) at NE and SW, by a scarp (H 0.4m) at NW and a field wall and townland boundary with Rathfuadagh at SE. To the SE is a triangular field (RO021-073002-) (dims c. 50m N-S; c. 30m E-W at S) divided into smaller plots by stone spreads (Wth c. 1m; H c. 0.2m).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO021-073001

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