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Enclosure in Ballyvelaghan

Enclosure

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

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No visible remains or recorded as destroyed
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What is recorded here

On a gentle S-facing slope in improved mixed meadow and pastureland, c. 100m N of Ballyvelaghan Turlough. Hachured as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on the 1842 ed. of the OS 6-inch map but not marked on the 1915 ed. No visible trace of the monument survives at ground level.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CL003-014

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