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Enclosure in Greenane

Enclosure

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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.
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…

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record TS059-101

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
  • Dublin Castle RIC, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Graham Horn, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Garry Dickinson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Garry Dickinson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • N Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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