Enclosure in Common, County Limerick

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What is recorded here

In pasture, on S-facing slope. Monument, depicted as embanked oval enclosure (c. 60m E-W; c. 30m N-S) on 1841 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled. However, slight scarp evident ESE->SSW may be remains of enclosing element.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI038-005

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