Enclosure CL002-017---- in Bishopsquarter

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What is recorded here

On a narrow ledge of pastureland between areas of bare karst on a SSE-facing slope that extends up from low-lying pastureland, c. 700m E of the foreshore. Hachured as a circular enclosure on the 1842 OS 6-inch map. The narrow ledge of pastureland (Wth c. 10m) is defined along the W side by a single wall of large blocks of stone on a limestone terrace and elsewhere by large transversely laid blocks. The area is much overgrown with thorn and briar.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CL002-017

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Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Maker not stated on source page, www.nationalgeographic.com
Maker not stated on source page, www.tripadvisor.com.au
Michael Dibb, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
C Michael Hogan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Robert Bone, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Maker not stated on source page, monumentalireland.ie
Maker not stated on source page, www.irelandhighlights.com
Joseph Mischyshyn, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
Ballyvaughan-Fanore GAA Club; photographer not named, ballyvaughan-fanoregaa.com

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