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Enclosure OF007-001---- in Corracullin

Enclosure
Enclosure in Corracullin
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Official monument number
OF007-001----
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Situated on a natural rise in undulating countryside. Roughly circular area (diam 30m) enclosed by a low bank mainly of stone (Wth 2.3m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.5m) with evidence of stone facing at E elsewhere it is reduced to a scarp. No evidence of an external fosse or entrance feature. Natural bedrock protrudes from surface of interior. Field boundary intersects site at E. Depicted on 1849 edition of OS 6-inch map as an oval shaped enclosure.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record OF007-001

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  • Maker not stated on source page, www.dreamstime.com
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maker not stated on source page, 4returns.commonland.com
  • dougf, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.ireland.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, irisharchaeology.org
  • Brian Lawless / Sportsfile, as credited in the Ulster GAA caption, ulster.gaa.ie
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