Enclosure in Dunbin Big, County Louth

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What is recorded here

The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). diam. c. 34m) on aerial photograph (CUCAP, BDG 104).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LH006-097

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