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Enclosure in Knockballyboy

Enclosure

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Map note: Find the recorded point for Enclosure in Knockballyboy, an enclosure around Knockballyboy, County Offaly, Ireland. The past can keep its secrets; the map gives you a starting point.
Aerial photo (GSI N 507/6) shows crop mark of possible enclosure. Not visible at ground level.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record OF018-015

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • JP, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Royalcanalrunner, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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