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Enclosure in Adamstown Upper

Enclosure
Enclosure in Adamstown Upper
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What is recorded here

In tillage. Not indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map or the 1946-7 revision. A curvilinear enclosure (diam. c. 60m), the fosse of which is visible as a cropmark on satellite imagery (Google Earth, imagery date 16 April 2020 and 24 March 2022; Digitalglobe, imagery date 2011-13), identified and reported by Rob O'Hara. The enclosure is slightly D-shaped as the fosse in the NE perimeter appears to be straight (L c. 40m). See attached imagery: KK013-156----_01 Google Earth, imagery date 16 April 2020 KK013-156----_02 Google Earth, imagery date 24 March 2022 Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 24 April 2023
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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