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Enclosure in Ardateggle

Enclosure

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What is recorded here

Situated in an upland area. Marked on the 1841 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a subcircular enclosure (max. diam. c. 40m E-W) clipped by a road from N-NNE. No visible surface remains.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LA037-001

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