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Enclosure in Ballyvarra

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In grassland, in SE corner of a field, immediately N and W of a narrow stream. The townland boundary with Grange Upper lies 75m to NW. No archaeological monument depicted at this location on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. A raised oval-shaped area (approx. dims. 30m NW-SE x 26m NE-SW) delimited by field boundaries at SE is…

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In grassland, in SE corner of a field, immediately N and W of a narrow stream. The townland boundary with Grange Upper lies 75m to NW. No archaeological monument depicted at this location on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. A raised oval-shaped area (approx. dims. 30m NW-SE x 26m NE-SW) delimited by field boundaries at SE is depicted on the 1897 OS 25-inch map. Visible as a scrub covered earthwork in SE corner of field on Digital Globe imagery taken 2011-13. Google Earth imagery taken 28/06/2018 indicates that the boundary in the SE sector of the field has been removed and the area is shown as scrub with no clear evidence for any enclosing feature. See attached Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018 and 05/04/2016 Compiled by: Fiona Rooney and Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 9 June 2020

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI006-047

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