Enclosure in Ballygarvan, County Cork

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What is recorded here

Cropmark (GSI, W262) shows bivallate circular enclosure, with very narrow outer bank and fosse. Crossed by field fence to NW. Possibly 'levelled lios' referred to by O'Leary (1918, 162).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO086-065

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Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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