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Enclosure in Carrigdownane Upper

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In pasture, on SE-facing slope. Depicted as hachured irregular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; no visible surface trace.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO026-026

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