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Enclosure in Priestsnewtown

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Situated on a very gentle SE-facing slope. Bivallate circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m), defined by a fosse with a possible entrance gap at the SE and an outer fosse (diam. c. 85m) at the E, c. 20m from the inner fosse. Visible as a cropmark on aerial photograph (CUCAP, BDJ 103). Possible house sites occur in the interior of the site and between the two fosses. Not visible at ground level.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI013-018

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Pictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0; Aoifer, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Klondikeger, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Eirian Evans, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Michael Dibb, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Alan James, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Sarah777 at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain; Carroll Pierce, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; David Quinn, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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