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Enclosure in Headstown

Enclosure

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Situated on a slight S-facing slope. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) defined by a single light fosse feature is visible only on Google Earth 29/06/2018). It was first reported by Anthony Murphy. See the attached image from Google Earth (29/06/2018) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 11 June 2019

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME012-050

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