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Enclosure in Killynan

Enclosure

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Outline of oval-shaped enclosure (approx. dims. 33m N-S x 43m E-W) visible on Google earth aerial imagery and Digital Globe aerial photos. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 20/11/2005 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 6 March 2020

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM020-151

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