Enclosure in Carrig, County Wicklow

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What is recorded here

Listed as an 'enclosure' in the SMR (1986) based on aerial photographic evidence (GSI O 73/ N 332 (1973)). Not listed in the RMP (1995). A circular cropmark enclosure not visible on later aerial photographs.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI005-082

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