Enclosure in Pigeonstown, County Offaly

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What is recorded here

Located on the N facing slope of a high ridge running E-W. Roughly circular area (diam 29.2m E-W) defined by a much degraded bank from W through N to E (ext. H 2m; int. H 0.5m) elsewhere destroyed. No evidence of an entrance feature or external fosse. The site has been badly disturbed due to quarrying in the centre and the removal of the bank at S to give access to the quarry.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record OF036-034

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