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Enclosure in Carrowvere

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This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

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What is recorded here

On a NW-facing slope beside a stream in marshy land with conifer plantations nearby. Overlooked by higher ground to E and SE. Hachured as a ringfort on the 1840 OS 6-inch map and not indicated on later editions. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). Inspection in 1999 found no visible trace of a monument at ground level. No visible traces on any available aerial imagery (2024).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CL024-007

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  • Maker not stated on source page, www.megalithicireland.com
  • Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
  • Maker not stated on source page, visitclare.ie
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
  • Gordon Hatton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • N Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.alamy.com
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