Enclosure WX045-093002- in Battlestown

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What is recorded here

Aerial photographs (GB89.AO.01 & 04 and GB89.AO.36) show cropmark of a large enclosure (WX045-093001-) defined by two fosses, the ends of which extend to an escarpment overlooking a small stream. A cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) defined by a fosse is located in the south-eastern portion of the enclosure.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX045-093002

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