Enclosure in Ballinwing, County Leitrim

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What is recorded here

Situated in an undulating landscape. Indicated as a circular hachured feature only on the 1911 edition of the OS 6-inch map. This is a grass-covered circular platform (diam. c. 20m) defined by a slight scarp (H 0.2m).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE027-046

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