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Enclosure in Lackan

Enclosure

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Situated in wet pastureland with ‘Tobercrummeen’ (WM006-064----) 10m to SSE and penitential station (WM006-053----) 200m to NW. Present remains consist of a large oval-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 65m N-S; 76m E-W) visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. Traces of an internal dividing bank running NE-SW across the interior with a possible hut site also visible in S quadrant. Earthworks to SE.
Situated in wet pastureland with ‘Tobercrummeen’ (WM006-064----) 10m to SSE and penitential station (WM006-053----) 200m to NW. Present remains consist of a large oval-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 65m N-S; 76m E-W) visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. Traces of an internal dividing bank running NE-SW across the interior with a possible hut site also visible in S quadrant. Earthworks…

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM006-077

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Richard Webb, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Stephan van Helden, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Peter Gavigan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Malene Thyssen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Gillaween, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Britishfinance, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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