Enclosure in Ballydonegan, County Cork

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What is recorded here

In pasture, overlooking Ballydonegan Bay. D-shaped area (straight side 21.7m E-W; projecting 21m to S). Interior defined by scarp (H 1m) to S and W; by low earthen bank (H 0.9m) elsewhere; slopes down gently to SW. Locally known as a "lios". Burial ground (CO127-004002-) 11m to NE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO127-004001

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