Enclosure in Straduff, County Offaly

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What is recorded here

Map note: Enclosure in Straduff appears on the map as an enclosure around Straduff, County Offaly, Ireland. The past can keep its secrets; the map gives you a starting point.

Not visible at ground level. Aerial photographs (GSI, N 528/9) shows faint outline of circular enclosure.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record OF007-045

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