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On level pasture, formerly in tillage. Visible on aerial photographs (GSI N 468, 469) as the very faint cropmark of a fosse enclosing a large, circular area (est. diam. c. 120m). Not visible at ground.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD010-028

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