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Enclosure in Burren

Enclosure

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In pasture, atop hill. Depicted as large, sub-rectangular, enclosure on OS 6-inch map (1842). Remains consist of raised circular area (40.9m N-S) defined by scarp (H 0.8m). Field boundary to E curves to respect enclosure.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO123-055

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Hywel Williams, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • John M, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
  • Draceane, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Garry Dickinson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Ingo Mehling, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Jonathan Thacker, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0

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