Enclosure in Donickmore, County Cork

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What is recorded here

In pasture, atop knoll, in view of Donickmore house. Circular area (23m N-S; 22.75m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 0.8m), stone faced externally to N. Interior slopes down to SW. Bank and interior planted with trees. Depicted as tree ring on 1842 OS 6-inch map; indicated as circular enclosure planted with trees on 1903 OS 6-inch map. May be tree ring.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO066-004

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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