Enclosure in Clonogan, County Carlow

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What is recorded here

Rectangular enclosure (45m x 35m) in which Castle (CW018-013001-) once stood. Defined by ploughed-out remains of two banks with intervening fosse, visible at S, and at E where fosse is occasionally visible as cropmark. At N and W the banks are overlain by road and modern field boundary respectively. N portion of interior is raised above S portion.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CW018-013002

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Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
Anna Maria 4574, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Alvesgaspar, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Maker not stated on source page, www.discoverireland.ie
Kildavin/Clonegal GAA Club official website; individual photographer not stated, kildavinclonegalgaa.ie

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