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Enclosure in Knockcommane

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Enclosure excavated by Bernice Molloy, which is described as 'a segmented gully or ditch that bounded an area 15m in diameter' (McQuade; Molloy & Moriarty 2009, 150-3). Radiocarbon dates place it in the Iron Age (357-47 BC) and it is associated with a bowl furnace (LI060-010002-) .

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI060-010001

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