Enclosure in Gillardstown, County Westmeath

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What is recorded here

Situated on reclaimed grassland, with ringfort (WM007-059---) 100m to W. Outline of large circular-shaped enclosure (approx. dims. 51m N-S x 48m E-W) clearly visible on Digital Globe aerial photographs. A field boundary running N-S intersects perimeter of site at W. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Emmet Byrnes Date of upload: 04 January 2019

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM007-133

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