Enclosure in Ballymacrossan, County Offaly

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What is recorded here

Not visible at ground level. In boggy land now planted with trees, aerial photographs (GSI, N 176/5) shows outline of circular enclosure.

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