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Enclosure in Sheemore

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Located in an area of rock outcrop at the N foot of Sheemore Hill. This is a grass-covered D-shaped area (int. dims 29m NE-SW; 20m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3-4m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.3m) N-E-S. A gap (Wth 2.9m) separates the bank at SW from the perimeter of cashel (LE027-05001-) to which the enclosure is attached as an annexe. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE027-050002

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Pictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Suse, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Unknown Weaver, English (active c. 1080), Wikimedia Commons · Public domain; John M, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Pampuco, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5; Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Vicente Fernández Rioja, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Reading Tom, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

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