Enclosure in Ballybruncullin, County Offaly

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Map note: Enclosure in Ballybruncullin appears on the map as an enclosure around Ballybruncullin, County Offaly, Ireland. The past can keep its secrets; the map gives you a starting point.

Not visible at ground level. Potential site identified as acropmark on aerial photographs taken in 1973 (GSI N 531/2).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record OF008-033

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