Enclosure in Inchileigh, County Cork

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What is recorded here

On E side of Claragh Mountain, on roughly level plateau-like area, broken by rock outcrop. Circular area (10m N-S; 10m E-W) enclosed by low earthen bank (int. H 0.9m; ext. H 0.8m). Entrance to ESE (Wth 2.5m). Bank partially overgrown with gorse bushes; grass and ferns cover interior. Clearly visible in aerial photo (CASAP) which also shows relict field systems (9433) in same area.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO039-225

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Eeno11, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mike Searle, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
Jonathan Thacker, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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