Enclosure in Mountfead, County Laois

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What is recorded here

Situated in a low lying marshy area. Marked on 1841 and 1909 editions of the OS 6-inch map, a large subcircular enclosure (max. diam. c. 115m). Defined by a scarp (H c. 1m) from NW-NE, otherwise no visible surface remains. Land has been levelled and reclaimed.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LA017-016

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