Enclosure in Mamucky, County Cork

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What is recorded here

In pasture, on N-facing slope. Circular area (diam. c. 28m) enclosed by overgrown low rise (max. H 0.6m) with remains of stone walling visible in parts. Large stones (max. 2 courses high) form definite outer edge of original line of walling to W and SW; inner edge visible to SE for short section. Modern field boundary and drain truncates E edge of enclosure. Dumped earth and boulders immediately inside field boundary forms grass-covered platform (12m X 11m). Interior cut into hillslope on S side; slopes gently down to N, badly drained and partially overgrown with furze bushes.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO094-006

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