Enclosure in Templemichael, County Cork

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What is recorded here

In pasture, on S-facing slope. Shown as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) surrounding church (CO063-028002-) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; low circular rise visible (max. H 1.1m). To SE and SW, low remains of banks run from the enclosure S into field fence.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO063-028001

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Maker not stated on source page, prntbl.concejomunicipaldechinu.gov.co
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Maker not stated on source page, www.dreamstime.com
Maker not stated on source page, global-geography.org
Hourihan (pitch contractor and image source; individual photographer not named), www.hourihan.ie
Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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