Enclosure in Slatt Lower, County Laois

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What is recorded here

Situated in upland area on wet marshy land. Not marked on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. An oval area (dims. c. 21.6m N-S, 18.4m E-W) with slight evidence of bank from NW-E. No other visible surface remains.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LA031-021

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