Enclosure in Garryross, County Cavan

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What is recorded here

Located on a gentle SE-facing slope, with a small canalised SW-NE stream that forms the boundary with Co. Meath c. 80m to the SE. This is an unmapped circular grass-covered enclosure (diam. c. 25m N-S; c. 25m E-W) defined by a substantial earthen bank NW-E and a slighter feature elsewhere. The interior is occupied by N-S cultivation ridges. It is visible on AppleMaps is isible on MapGenie images from 1995 and Google Earth, and it was first reported by Jean Charles Caillére. See the attached view from AppleMpas Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 12 July 2022

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CV039-089

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