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Enclosure in Lowran

Enclosure

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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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.rte.ie
  • A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC0
  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Darrin Antrobus, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • John M, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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