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Enclosure in Knockpatrick

Enclosure

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On W-facing slope. Site is depicted as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1841 OS 6-inch map, but shown as oval quarry (c. 50m E-W; c. 30m N-S) on 1923 OS 6-inch map. Area now occupied by shale quarry with recent farm buildings along its northern edge.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI010-055

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Kenneth Mullane / Limerick City and County Council, www.limerick.ie
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  • Vadim Manuylov, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
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