Enclosure in Dooneen Upper, County Limerick

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What is recorded here

In pasture on a slight E-facing slope 20m NE of townland boundary with Logavinshire. Identified as Site 21 by Celie O’Rahilly, archaeologist, Limerick Corporation as part of an archaeological assessment for the development of a racecourse at Greenmount, Co. Limerick. It was described as following; ‘a low bank defining a semicircular area ca. 30m in diameter which has been cut by a cattle yard on the west side ’ (O‘Rahilly 1995). Visited by the ASI in 2000 and described as no enclosing element visible. Monument visible on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012 but not on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached location map by Celie O'Rahilly showing location of site 21.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI022-185

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Maker not stated on source page, tr.pinterest.com
Maker not stated on source page, www.ancient-origins.net
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
Maker not stated on source page, monumentalireland.ie
Crecora Manister GAA Club official website; individual aerial photographer not named, crecoramanistergaa.com
David Hawgood, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Maker not stated on source page, www.irishmirror.ie
Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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