Enclosure in Sheepgrange, County Louth

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What is recorded here

Situated on top of a hill. The faint cropmark of a subrectangular enclosure (dims c. 35m NE-SW; c. 30m NW-SE) defined by a narrow fosse is visible only on Apple Maps, which utilises a survey conducted by Blue Sky International during June 2018. The perimeter is cut by a wide SW-NE trench at NW and what might be a large quarry is on the perimeter NW-NE. It was first reported by Anthony Murphy. See the attached enhanced view from Apple Maos Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 January 2020

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LH023-012

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