Enclosure in Loughmain, County Dublin

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What is recorded here

Located within a large field situated on a high ridge with views across to Knockbrack. Situated on a natural rise in a field ajacent to the townland boundary. An aerial photograph taken in 1972 (FSI 4513/4) shows a circular cropmark of an enclosure (diam. c. 30m). Not visible at ground level.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU004-011

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Photo credits

C O'Flanagan, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Offdaw, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Kieran Campbell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
C O'Flanagan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Matthew Burke (@mattsportspics), credited by Dublin GAA and watermarked on photograph, www.dublingaa.ie
Maker not stated on source page, www.ireland.com
Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
Maker not stated on source page, www.irishamericanmom.com

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