Enclosure in Glencullen, County Dublin

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What is recorded here

An aerial photograph (FSI 3.660/659) taken in 1971 shows an oval enclosure (ext. dims c. 56m NNW-SSE) with an internal fosse and outer bank. The enclosure site was situated in pasture on a S facing slope above the Glencullen river. The enclosure is not visible at ground level. Revised upload on: 21 April 2018.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU026-056

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