Enclosure in Coolroe More, County Cork

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What is recorded here

In pasture, in the SW corner of a field. The remains of a possible enclosure consisting of an arc (C 12m) E-S formed by a low scarp with a faint trace of an external fosse. A mature yew tree grows in the field boundary immediately to the W. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO040-147

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