Enclosure in Agharra, County Longford

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What is recorded here

On the SSE slope of a low hill in pasture. Depicted as a circular enclosure on the Grand Jury map (1813) but not marked on any ed. of the OS 6-inch map. The monument is not visible at ground level.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LF024-006

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