Enclosure in Ballynameagh, County Westmeath

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What is recorded here

Situated atop low natural rise on poorly drained grassland. No surface remains visible of enclosure depicted on 1912 ed. OS 6-inch map but not indicated on 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. On the latter map a house site is indicated roughly in the area where the earthwork is depicted. Outline of D-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 27m NE-SW; 29m NW-SE) visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM003-029

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