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Enclosure in Ballyconboy

Enclosure

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What is recorded here

On a gentle N-facing slope of Rathcroghan ridge. Described as a subrectangular rise (dims c. 40m x. c. 33m) (Waddell 1983, 28, 37, No. 30). It is not visible at ground level in pasture.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO022-056008

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