Enclosure in Ballyfraley, County Limerick

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What is recorded here

In level pasture. Oval area (16m NE-SW; 22m NW-SE) defined by scarped edge (H 0.75m; Wth 3.35m) with external fosse (D 0.2m; Wth 8.35m). Earthen field boundary, overgrown with bushes, overlies top of scarper edge except at NE, ESE and SW where there are gaps in the boundary. Level interior covered by tall grasses.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI036-206

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