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Enclosure in Ballymore Upper

Enclosure

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On a W-facing slope in high rolling pastureland. Aerial reconnaissance in November 1987 (ASGAP 376, 43, 45-6) revealed a very poorly preserved roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 50m). It is defined by a slight rise.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA100-169

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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