Enclosure in Cahermaan, County Clare

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What is recorded here

On flat ground at the base of a W-facing slope. Hachured as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) on the 1840 OS 6-inch map. On inspection in 1998 it was not visible at ground level and there was no evidence of land reclamation in the area.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CL009-011

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