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Enclosure in Ballyarra

Enclosure

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Cropmark (CASAP) shows bivallate circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m), with three fosses, narrowing progressively from inner to outer. Entrance to NE; outer two fosses inturn slightly at entrance. Adjacent linear features (CO045---) in field to NE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO045-124

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