Enclosure in Knavinstown, County Meath

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What is recorded here

Situated on a level landscape c. 50m from the N bank of the E-W canalized Hurley River. A circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) enclosed by a slight grass-covered fosse is visible on Google Earth (23/09/2013, 28/01/2017). It was first reported by Jacqui Anderson. See the attached view from Google Earth Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 15 January 2020

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME039-020

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