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Enclosure in Killeen (ballybrit By.)

Enclosure
Enclosure in Killeen (ballybrit By.)
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Not visible at ground level. Gate pier of 19th-century date located where ringfort is marked on OS 6-inch map. Depicted as large circular enclosure on the 1912 edition of the OS 6-inch map. Gate pier may belong to folly which was located in the centre of the destroyed enclosure. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

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