Enclosure in Clonickilvant, County Westmeath

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What is recorded here

Situated on rising ground, on top of a low ridge, overlooking low lying pasture. Not depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map or the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map. Monument described in 1981 as a series of earthworks consisting of low earthen banks ridges and hollows which form no discernible pattern. The remains of a rectangular-shaped enclosure on higher ground overlooking these earthworks. Monument is visible today as a series of irregular earthworks on Digital Globe aerial photography.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM020-070

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