Enclosure in Newdown, County Westmeath

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What is recorded here

Cropmark of circular-shaped bi-vallate enclosure (approx. diam. 49m) visible on Google earth aerial imagery. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 02/07/2018 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 6 March 2020

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM027-081

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