Enclosure in Knocknaneirk, County Cork

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What is recorded here

In pasture, on a SE-facing slope. A possible circular enclosure (diam. c. 50m), highlighted by melting snow, is visible in an aerial photograph (CASAP) taken in January 1984. This possible enclosure is not visible at ground level. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO083-153

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