Enclosure in Glascarn, County Meath

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What is recorded here

Located on a fairly level landscape. The cropmark of a subrectangular enclosure (dims c. 55m NE-SW: c. 50-55m NW-SE) defined by fosse or drain features is visible on Google Earth (07/05/2017; 24/06/2018). It is bisected by the cropmark of a N-S drain, and was first reported by Jean Charles Caillere. See the attached image from Google Earth 24/06/2018 Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 5 June 2018

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME045-064

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