Enclosure in Blackabbey, County Limerick

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What is recorded here

In low-lying and wet, level pasture with restricted views in all directions, 500m SW of the River Maigue. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Monument identified as a possible enclosure in the Adare Bypass Constraint Study in (Ref. 28/A/1, p. 38). Monument surveyed by the ASI in 2000 and described as no surface remains visible. Monument is not visible on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. Area of possible monument is now incorporated into a housing development visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 14/02/2020. See attached Google Earth orthoimages.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI021-153

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