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Enclosure in Stramore

Enclosure

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What is recorded here

Located on a fairly low S-N spur. A circular earthwork is depicted on a revision of the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map dated 1858, just N of a house described in italic lettering as ‘Fort Johnson’. No archaeological feature is visible at ground level in a farmyard.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MO006-026

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Kenneth Allen, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.alamy.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
  • Fintan McTiernan; published by Monaghan GAA, www.flickr.com
  • Kenneth Allen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
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