Enclosure in Ballybla, County Wicklow

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What is recorded here

Situated on a gentle E-facing slope. Subcircular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) visible as low earthwork on Ordnance Survey aerial photograph. (Swan 1996, fig. 6) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 1996 Archaeological assessment of area of proposed development at Killoughter, Co. Wicklow. Unpublished report. National Monuments Section, Heritage and Planning Division, Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Dublin.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI019-041

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