Enclosure in Deegerty, County Limerick

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What is recorded here

In pasture, on S-facing slope. Circular depression (32m N-S; 30m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.15m) NE->SSE and SW->NW, and defined by scarped edge (H 0.9m) facing inwards SSE->SW and NW>NE. Interior, under pasture, lowest near centre.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI011-058

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