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Enclosure in Lea

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Enclosure in Lea
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What is recorded here

Doubtful site on low natural ridge. No surface evidence, not to be included. Site identified as a crop mark from Air Corps photograph taken c. 1950.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LA005-014

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
  • GerryGunnigan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.dreamstime.com
  • Portarlington GAA Club; photographer not named, portarlingtongaa.ie
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