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Enclosure in Porterstown

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Cropmark of irregular-shaped sunken area (approx. diam. 32m) visible on Google earth aerial imagery, could be the remains of a shallow gravel quarry. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 20/11/2005 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 WM027-082

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