Enclosure in Caherkine, County Clare

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What is recorded here

On a low rise in pasture. The SE arc of a subcircular enclosure defined by a low earthen bank from NE to W visible on Google Earth (Imagery date: 10 February 2021) abuts a NE-SW modern field boundary. A contemporary field boundary abuts the perimeter at SW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CL042-201

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