Enclosure in Knockmitten, County Dublin

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What is recorded here

Situated on a NE facing slope close to the Camock River. An aerial photograph taken in 1971 (FSI 227/8) shows cropmark evidence for a subcircular enclosure (diam. c. 38m). Possibly a levelled ringfort. There is a housing estate on the site. Not visible at ground level.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU017-043

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