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Enclosure in Ballycomclone

Enclosure

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Situated on a gentle SE-facing slope. The cropmark of a subcircular enclosure (int. dims c. 30m NE-SW; c. 25m NW-SE) defined by a wide fosse (Wth c. 3-5m) is visible on Google Earth (28/06/2018; 14/07/2018). There could be an entrance (Wth c. 3m) at N and the perimeter is cut by a NE-SW field bank at NE and overlain by a NE-SW field bank at SE. It was first reported by Simon Dowling. See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 28 February 2020

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX007-090

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Lucarelli, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Sarah777 at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Smirkybec, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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  • Ian Brooker and David Kleinig, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 au
  • Goreymurphy, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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