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Enclosure in Rathclogh

Enclosure
Enclosure in Rathclogh
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An oval enclosure (dims. c. 65m NW-SE; c. 57m NE-SW) which is indicated as being roughly circular on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map and as oval on the 1947 revision. By 1964 the monument had been levelled (CUCAP AJQ026, 9 July 1964) but the fosse was visible as a pronounced cropmark on aerial photographs (CUCAP AYK059, 9 July 1969; BGG019, 1971) and is also visible on satellite imagery (OS Ortho viewed 11 August 2021). The aerial photographs show a number of cropmark enclosures in the vicinity, KK023-046002- and KK023-046-006- c. 70m and c. 140m to the N respectively; KK023-046003- c. 53m to the NE; KK023-046005- c. 70m to the ENE and KK023-046004- c. 50m to the E. See attached: KK023-046001-_01 aerial photograph (CUCAP AJQ026, 9 July 1964) KK023-046001-_02 aerial photograph (CUCAP AYK059, 9 July 1969) KK023-046001-_03 aerial photograph (CUCAP BGG019, 16 July 1971) KK023-046001-_04 satellite image (OS Ortho, viewed 11 August 2021) KK023-046001-_05 aerial photograph (ASIAP (20) 17, 1995) Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 11 August 2021

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