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Enclosure in Ballyegan

Enclosure

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What is recorded here

Barely discernible outline of a destroyed enclosure consisting of a circular area (diam 43m) located on flat pasture land. Depicted as large circular enclosure on 1912 edition of the OS 6-inch map.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record OF038-004001

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