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Enclosure CL005-115003- in Doonyvardan

Enclosure

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Official monument number
CL005-115003-
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What is recorded here

Situated on a high rise in a rocky area. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). On inspection in 1998 this was found to be a small D-shaped enclosure (diam. c. 27m) defined by a stone wall of apparently modern construction with an animal pen attached at SE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CL005-115003

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  • Maker not stated on source page, heritageireland.ie
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  • Gordon Hatton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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  • N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Gordon Hatton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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