Enclosure in Auburn, County Dublin

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What is recorded here

A sub-circular enclosure defined by at least three fosses and other associated features is visible as a crop mark on an aerial photograph (SMR file; pers. comm. Dr Steve Davis). Located on relatively high ground under rough grass. No visible remains.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU012-078

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Photo credits

National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
DiKey, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
Svzdvd, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
Maker not stated on source page, dublin-360.com
Darrin Antrobus, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Maker not stated on source page, www.wildernessireland.com
William Murphy from Dublin, Ireland, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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