Enclosure in Timahoe, County Laois

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What is recorded here

An oval-shaped enclosure (dims. 52m SW-NE, 24m SE-NW) defined by a bank (Wth c. 3.5m; int. H c. 0.8m; ext. H c. 1.1m). No evidence of fosse. Not marked on the 1841 or 1909 editions of the OS 6-inch maps. Visible on aerial photograph (GSI, S 167-8).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LA018-060

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