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Enclosure in Killeany

Enclosure

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Situated on a hill-top. Cropmark of subcircular enclosure visible on aerial photographs (CUCAP, APA 30-1). No visible surface remains. A ringfort (LA023-019001-) lies immediately to NW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LA023-019002

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