Enclosure in Breany, County Longford

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What is recorded here

In level, low-lying pasture. Depicted as a large, circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded a slightly raised, roughly circular area (diam. c. 70m) defined by a shallow fosse. The original entrance was not recognisable and the interior was disturbed by field drains. It has since been levelled and is not visible at ground level.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LF019-085

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