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Enclosure in Swiftsheath

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In flat grassland on the floor of the Nore river valley. A circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) with a wide fosse showing as a cropmark on aerial photograph (CUCAP BGG054, 16 July 1971). It is not visible at ground level.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK010-076

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