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Situated on a low NW-SE drumlin ridge. The cropmark of a subcircular enclosure (dimd c. 58m NW-SE; c. 50m NE-SW) defined by a single fosse (Wth c. 2-4m) NW-E-SE is visible on Digital Globe (c. 2013). The defining fosse is less clearly visible in grass SE-SW-NW, and the enclosure is cut by a NW-SE field bank. It is also visible on OSI images (1995) and on Google Earth (12/07/2013, 13/08/2015), and it was first reported by Ken Williams. See the attached enhanced image from Digital Globe Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 June 2021

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LH010-026

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  • Kieran Campbell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Fintan McTiernan; published by Monaghan GAA, www.flickr.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.gettyimages.in
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