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Enclosure in Castletown (dunmore By.)

Enclosure
Enclosure in Castletown (dunmore By.)
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In pastureland to the W of a new stretch of the realigned N17. This rectangular enclosure (c. 35m NW-SE; c. 30m NE-SW) was brought to the attention of the Survey by Jean-Charles Caillère who identified it on Google Earth satellite imagery dated March 2014. Traces of an enclosing bank are visible along the SE, SW and NW sides. The NE sector is clipped by a later NW-SE running field boundary. The following image has been uploaded: GA029-217----_01.jpg Google Earth, imagery dated 11 March 2014. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 12 May 2021
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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