Enclosure in Lowran, County Laois

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What is recorded here

In undulating countryside. A circular enclosure (diam. c. 27.6m) defined by a low earthen bank (Wth c. 3.7m, int. H c. 0.7m, ext. H c. 0.9m). No evidence of fosse or original entrance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LA022-008

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