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Enclosure in Ballynacarriga

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In gently undulating pasture and rock outcrop, overlooking the River Shannon estuary and the confluence with the River Maigue, c. 1km to NNE. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Identified as an enclosure on aerial photography taken by Michael Moore 04/03/2006. Monument is visible as a D-shaped enclosure (35m NE-SW; 22m NW-SE) on Google Earth orthoimage taken 05/02/2009 and Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 05/02/2009 Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 22 June 2020 See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP – taken on 04/03/2006.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI004-036

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Pictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Liam, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Garry Dickinson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Miguel Angel Masegosa Martínez, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0; Dieglop, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Joseph Mischyshyn, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0; Jon Sullivan, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain; Greg and Cindy, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

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