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Enclosure in Monaughrim

Enclosure

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The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Visible on aerial photograph (GSI S 262) as cropmark of bank with entrance gap at SE, enclosing circular area (est max. diam. c. 35m). No visible surface traces. Possibly a ringfort.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CW018-004

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, carlowtourism.com
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  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, jjkavanagh.ie
  • kevin higgins, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Graham Horn, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.tripadvisor.co.uk
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