Enclosure in Carrowmore, County Limerick

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What is recorded here

In reclaimed pasture, on NW-facing slope. Monument, depicted on 1841 OS 6-inch map as embanked oval enclosure (c. 30m NW-SE; c. 60m SW-NE), has been levelled. No trace of monument evident when inspected. Surrounding field boundaries have been removed.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI037-077

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