Enclosure in Ballystrahan, County Dublin

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What is recorded here

A large circular enclosure visible as a crop mark on an aerial photograph together with other features that could indicate an associated field system (DU011-125----) (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). Located in open field that rises slightly from the roadway. No visible remains at ground level.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU011-124

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PST Sport project photograph; individual photographer not stated, pstsport.com
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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
Jonjobaker, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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