Enclosure in Tithewer, County Wicklow

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What is recorded here

Situated on level ground at the NE foot of a steep slope with gentle slopes below the site to the NW. Circular enclosure (diam. 14m) defined by a partly levelled earth and stone bank (Wth 3m; H0.3m). There are two gaps, one at the SE (Wth 1.2m) and another at the S (Wth 2m). No visible indication of a fosse or internal features.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI012-053

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