Enclosure in Charleville, County Louth

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What is recorded here

Located on a low W-E spur. The cropmark of a D-shaped enclosure (dims c. 45m N-S; c. 40m E-W) defined by a single fosse and with the straight side at N is visible only on an Aerial Premium image (2013-18). The cropmark of an unmapped E-W field drain runs almost parallel with the perimeter at N c. 10-15m distant and there a slight inner fosse c. 10m inside the curved section SE-SW. It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillére. See the attached enhanced view from Aerial Premium (2013-18) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 21 January 2022

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LH015-056

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