Enclosure in Maynebog, County Laois

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What is recorded here

In tillage. A rectilinear enclosure (dims. c. 63m N-S at E side, narrowing to c. 54m on W side; c. 46m E-W) with rounded corners, visible as a cropmark on Google Earth (imagery date 28 June 2018), identified and reported by Simon Dowling. A local road runs along the W side. See attached Google Earth image taken 28 June 2018 Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 9 April 2019

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LA034-058

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