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Enclosure in Ballyfore Big

Enclosure

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Cropmark of circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 40m) visible on Google earth aerial imagery. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 02/07/2018 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 6 March 2020

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record OF011-063

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  • Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Royalcanalrunner, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Offaly Independent / Celtic Media Group; photographer not named on article, www.offalyindependent.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, ru.pinterest.com
  • Derek Usher, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, ca.pinterest.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, mx.pinterest.com
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