Enclosure in Ballybit Big, County Carlow

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What is recorded here

In tillage. A roughly circular enclosure (max. diam. c. 22m) visible as a faint cropmark on Google Earth (imagery date 14 July 2018), identified and reported by Faith Bailey. The enclosure is defined by an inner and outer fosse, c. 3-4m apart. See attached: CW003-040----_01 Google Earth image (imagery date 14 July 2018) CW003-040----_02 Google Earth image (imagery date 14 July 2018) with enclosure highlighted Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 24 February 2020

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CW003-040

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