Enclosure in Lisbane, County Limerick

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What is recorded here

In pasture, on break in gentle W-facing slope. Roughly circular area (11m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank ESE->WSW, and by dry-stone wall (int. H 0.55m; ext. H 1.25m) WSW->ESE, with external fosse (Wth 3.3m; D 0.2m) WSW->NNE. Wall is part of N-S field boundary. Bank is heavily masked by overgrowth, with organic debris dumped against its external face. Interior, under dense overgrowth, dips gently towards centre.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI019-129

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