Embanked enclosure in Muckanagh (RO023-043----)

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What is recorded here

On a slight SE-facing slope of a drumlin down to the NW shore of Kilglass Lough, c. 150m distant. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 64.3m E-W; 56m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 4-6.8m; int. H 0.4-0.8m generally to 1.4m at N; ext. H 0.8-1m generally to 1.8m at S) and an outer fosse (Wth of top 4.6-5.6m; Wth of base 2-3m; D 0.4-1m) which has been extended into a pond at N. There is no identifiable original entrance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO023-043

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