Enclosure SL020-075---- in Carrickhenry

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What is recorded here

Located on the edge of a ridge in undulating pastureland. Comprises an oval enclosure (Dims. 19m N-S by 15.50m E-W). It is enclosed by a single bank of earth and stone (Wth 4m, H 1.40m) and an external ditch (Wth 3.50m, D 1m.) in the N. Compiled by: Geraldine stout Date of upload: 16 August 2013

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL020-075

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Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
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St John’s GAA Club Sligo (official club blog publisher); individual photographer not named, stjohnsgaaclub.blogspot.com
Maker not stated on source page, www.tripadvisor.ca
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sligo GAA (publisher); individual photographer not stated, sligogaa.ie
Bob Embleton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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D Gore, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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