Enclosure in Ballyhehan, County Clare

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What is recorded here

On a gentle S-facing slope in improved and extensively cleared pastureland with rock and rough grazing to the W. Not marked on the 1842 ed. of the OS 6-inch map but hachured on the 1915 ed. Not visible at ground level. A rath (CL006-166----) is located c.150m to the E. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin Date of upload: 28 April 2021

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CL006-013

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