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Enclosure in Ballyvadden

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Situated on a gentle NE-facing slope in a low-lying landscape. The parchmark of a subcircular area (dims c. 47m E-W; c. 42m N-S) defined by a slight but continuous feature with straight sections at N and E is visible only on Google Earth (14/07/2018). There is a subrectangular feature (dims c. 24m x c. 20m) in the interior, which may be a quarry. It was first reported by Simon Dowling. See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 6 March 2020

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX021-049

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Lucygeraghty123, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Bruce Marlin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.5
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  • Michael Dibb, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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  • Andrewmc, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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