Enclosure in Ahacore, County Limerick

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What is recorded here

In reclaimed grassland. Outline of circular-shaped area (approx. ext. diam. 40m; int. diam. 26m) bisected by a post-1700 field boundary running N-S visible on Digital Globe orthophoto taken 2011-13 and earlier OSi orthoimages. Cropmark of small circular feature 15m to E could be the remains of a possible ditch-barrow (LI014-170----). Cropmark of earthwork visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017. On this orthoimage the cropmark of the possible ditch-barrow is clearly visible to E. See attached Google Earth orthophoto taken 25/03/2017.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI014-169

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