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Enclosure in Ballyveloge

Enclosure

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In elevated pasture on slight E facing slope, 200m N of enclosure (LI012-054----) and 300m E of the townland boundary with Faha Demesne. Curving field boundary visible from S through W to NW may incorprate the original enclosing bank, elsewhere the monument has been levelled. Depicted on both the 1840 OS 6-inch map and 1897 OS 25-inch map as a circular shaped area (approx. dims. 37m N-S) enclosed by a bank (approx. Wth 7.5m), incorporated into a field boundary from S-W to NW and a limekiln was built into SW quadrant. Visible as an overgrown upstanding enclosure on OSi aerial photograph taken 1995, no trace of monument visible on subsequent aerial images. See attached OSi aerial photograph taken 1995 and Google Earth image taken 19/11/2019 Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 19 June 2020

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