Enclosure in Mullaghreagh, County Meath

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What is recorded here

Situated on a hilltop. A circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 30m N-S; c. 30m E-W) defined by a fosse (Wth c. 5-10m) is visible on Google Earth (19/03/2015; 14/11/2019; 17/01/2020) and other aerial images. The perimeter at NE is slightly clipped by a NNW-SSE field bank. It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillere. See the attached view from Google Earth (2020) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 4 June 2020

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME005-112

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