Enclosure in Tomdeely North, County Limerick

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What is recorded here

Atop low rise, in level low-lying pasture. Roughly rectangular area (41.3m N-S; 24m E-W) enclosed on N and W sides by earth and stone bank (int. H 1.2m; ext. H 1m), slight trace of levelled bank on S side but no surface trace of enclosing element on E side (though depicted on 1923 OS 6-inch map). Enclosing bank overgrown by bushes and briars and forms part of surrounding field boundary system. Interior undulating.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI010-050001

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