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Enclosure in Keerglen

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Enclosure in Keerglen
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Situated in rough mountainous terrain sloping very steeply down from S to N to the Keerglen River, a substantial meandering river whose steep high bank borders the N side of the enclosure. This small enclosure is not indicated on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. Raised D-shaped area (15.8m ENE-WSW; 5.6m NNW-SSE) enclosed on the curving S side by a grass-covered wall of drystone masonry and on the straight N side by the steep river bank. There is a cashel (MA014-042001-) c. 100m to W. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 24 February 2022
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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