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Embanked enclosure in Lisroe

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Marked as a subcircular embanked enclosure (ext. dims. c. 55m E-W; c. 50m N-S) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as a D-shaped field (dims. c. 45m NE-SW; c. 43m NW-SE) with a straight side at SE on the 1927 ed. Situated in pasture on a NW-facing slope, it is not visible at ground level.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA022-042

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