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Enclosure in Kildellig

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In undulating countryside. A subcircular area (dims. c. 33m N-S, 42.3m E-W) defined by a scarp (H c. 0.8m). No evidence of fosse or original entrance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LA022-021

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