Enclosure in Swainstown, County Meath

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What is recorded here

Located on a steep S-facing slope on the demesne of Swainstown House, but it is not recorded on any map. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 45-50m) defined by a single fosse (Wth c. 3m) is visible on Bing maps (2013). It is also visible on Google Earth (21/04/2019; 04/03/2022; 28/03/2022) where it appears to have a wide entrance gap (Wth c. 35) on the E side. It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillére. See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth (28/03/2022) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 25 January 2023

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME037-070

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C O'Flanagan, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
C O'Flanagan, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Meath Chronicle; individual photographer not stated for this gallery image, www.meathchronicle.ie
Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
Maker not stated on source page, ms.fusedlearning.com
John M, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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