Enclosure in Broghan, County Dublin

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What is recorded here

Located c. 1.6km to the NW of St Margaret’s. Cropmarks forming a subcircular enclosure are visible on Google Earth imagery (24 June 2018 and 4 July 2008). The enclosure (dims c. 48.6m N–S and c. 56m E–W) is defined by a ditch (Wth c. 2.3m). Portion of a curvilinear ditch on exterior to SE perimeter may form an annexe. Uploaded on 20 April 2021

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU011-170

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