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Enclosure in Lyroge

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Marked on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a small circular enclosure (max. diam. c. 20m); possibly a mound. In undulating countryside. No visible surface remains.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LA028-052

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