Enclosure in Glenastar, County Limerick

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What is recorded here

In pasture, on break in S-facing slope. Oval area (27.5m N-S; 17.1m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.75m; ext. H 1.3m) W->NE, and defined by scarped edge (H 1.4m; Wth 1.7m) NE->W, with an external fosse (Wth 1.5m) WNW->ENE and SSE->SSW, and a counterscarp bank (int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.2m) along outer edge of fosse at NE. Presence of fosse ENE->SSE could not be determined due to overgrowth and dumping of organic debris. Scarp highest ENE->SSE but also where covered by dense overgrowth. Field boundaries abut scarp at ENE and SSE. Interior level and under pasture. Bushes and whitethorn trees grow along bank.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI028-084

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