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Enclosure in Moyle Big

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Enclosure in Moyle Big
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A stream flows roughly N-S c. 40m to the W of the enclosure, with a roughly parallel meander E of the stream, flowing c. 25m to the W of the enclosure, both visible as cropmarks. In tillage. A roughly irregular pentagonal enclosure (overall diam. c. 56m NE-SW; c. 45m NW-SE) defined by a fosse, visible on satellite imagery (OS Ortho, Aerial Premium 2013-2018), identified and reported by Jean-Charles Caillère. The M9 motorway, including road-take, runs NE-SW c. 10m to the SE. An Early Bronze Age cremation pit (CW017-145----) and an Iron Age metalworking site (CW007-116----), c. 40m to the S and SE respectively, were excavated during the construction of the motorway. See attached: CW007-182----_02 OS Ortho, Aerial Premium 2013-2018 Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 22 February 2022

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