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Enclosure in Carrowcor

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What is recorded here

In pasture, located on a level terrace on a N-S ridge, bounded by a steep fall of ground on S–W, with a rath (SL012-043001-) located immediately to W at a higher level on the ridge. Shown on the 1913 OS 6-inch map as a hachured arc curving S–NW. Remnants of bank curving in a shallow arc S–NW can be discerned beneath dense overgrowth, possibly representing the W side of an originally circular enclosure (diam. c. 15-18m).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL012-043002

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Paul Burns, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Michael Dibb, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mick Garratt, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Florentchevallier, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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