Enclosure LI037-039---- in Downs

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What is recorded here

In pasture, on gentle E-facing slope. Roughly circular area (68m E-W; 72m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.25m) with an external fosse (D 0.15m; Wth 1m). Field boundary runs along outer line of fosse WNW->SSE. Roughly rectangular raised platform (24m N-S; 38m E-W) defined by scarped edge (H 0.4m; Wth 2.4m) in SE quadrant of interior against inner base of bank.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI037-039

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