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Enclosure in Formoyle

Enclosure

What is recorded here

Situated on level summit of N-S orientated ridge in coniferous forestry. Depicted as a small, irregularly-shaped feature on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map and as a hachured roughly circular enclosure (diam. c.10m) on the 1912 edition. This potential monument has been levelled; no visible surface trace at ground level.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL015-056

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  • Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • NiallPFlynn, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Michael Murtagh, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • John Darcy, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Rod Allday, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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