Enclosure in Ardsoreen, County Sligo

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What is recorded here

In pasture, on a N-facing slope. The faint outline of an irregular enclosure was noted in an aerial photograph (ACAP, V227/56-5). It is not visible at ground level.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL047-067

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