Enclosure in Clonybane, County Westmeath

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What is recorded here

Situated on a low rise, in gently undulating pasture. Within the interior and occupying the S half of ringfort (WM024-037----) are the remains of a circular enclosure (dims. 18m E-W; 14.8m N-S) defined by a bank and a fosse. The low bank and shallow fosse are visible from W-N-E and this feature is incorporated into the ringfort bank from SSE-S-SSW. There is no obvious entrance visible.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM024-037001

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