Enclosure in Phillinstown, County Meath

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What is recorded here

Situated on a fairly level landscape. The cropmark of an oval enclosure (dim c. 55m NE-SW; c. 40m NW-SE) defined by a single fosse feature is visible only on Google Earth (14/07/2019). It has a large pit outside the perimeter at E, and is cut by a NNE-SSW field bank just E of the centre. It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillere. See the attached image from Google Earth 14/07/2018 Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 5 June 2019

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME036-087

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Kieran Campbell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Maker not stated on source page, www.irishamericanmom.com
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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Trim GAA club; individual photographer not stated, trimgaa.com
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