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Enclosure in Greenane

Enclosure
Enclosure in Greenane
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In gently undulating pasture. Oval area (dims. 20m NE-SW; 16m NW-SE) defined by the remains of levelled scarp (Wth 1.9m; H 0.2m) and possible traces of an outer fosse (Wth 3.9m; D 0.14m) best defined SW-NE. The interior is in lush pasture with four mature beech trees in the centre and tilts gently downslope to the NE. Identified as an oval enclosure on the 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map in a field named 'Brick Park', in the demesne grounds of Greenane House. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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