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Enclosure in Rahelly

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Situated on a slight NNW-facing slope in gently undulating rocky pasture. Roughly triangular area, with gently bowed sides and rounded apices (L each side 16m), enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 4.7m; int. H 0.4m). The apices of the triangle point NE, SE and W. Field clearance earth and rock has been dumped at the apex at NE creating a low flat-topped mound (dims top 3m by 3m; H 0.4m). A small pile of field clearance rocks has been dumped on the apex at W. Original entrance not recognisable.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL005-114

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • IrishFireside, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • N Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Cliffoney, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Hellowiki789, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Maelor at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Kenneth Allen, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Michael Murtagh, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Bob Embleton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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