Enclosure in Ballymulmore, County Meath

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What is recorded here

Situated on a sight NW-facing slope down to a SW-NE section of the River Boyne which is c. 130m to the NW. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 45m NE-SW; c. 45m NW-SE) defined by a single fosse is visible on Google Earth (09/08/2022; 10/08/2022). The perimeter is incorporated into a field bank NW-E that is mapped on the 1836 and 1908 editions of the OS 6-inch map. It is also faintly visible on Google Earth (29/06/2018) and was first reported by Jean Charles Caillére. See the attached view from Google Earth (10/08/2022) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 25 January 2023

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME036-105

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Rathkennamike2, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Maker not stated on source page, www.irishamericanmom.com
Boardsmill GAA (individual photographer not stated), boardsmillgaa.com
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
James Allan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Alvesgaspar, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Malene Thyssen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Maker not stated on source page, www.alamy.com

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