Enclosure in Feraghfad, County Longford

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What is recorded here

On a gentle SE-facing slope in pasture. Not marked on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A report in 1975 (SMR file) recorded a raised subrectangular area (c. 42m NW-SE; c. 25m NE-SW) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone with a shallow external fosse. The original entrance was not recognisable. The monument is not visible at ground level.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LF014-065

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