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Enclosure in Ballykea

Enclosure

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What is recorded here

An aerial photograph (1995) shows cropmark evidence for an enclosure (pers. comm. Colin Byrne). Located on a south-facing slope of an arable field at a high point in the landscape.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU005-069

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Photo credits
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Maker not stated on source page, br.pinterest.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.ireland.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.dublinlive.ie
  • Cathalgibbons, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Gallftree008, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.thejournal.ie
  • St Maur’s GAA club photograph; individual photographer not stated, www.maurs.ie
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