Enclosure in Trevet, County Meath

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What is recorded here

Situated on a rise in a fairly level landscape, and just NW of the church (ME038-017----) of Trevet on the W side of a N-S public road. This is part of the field system (ME038-015----) and is just S of the E end of the hollow way. It consists of a raised rectangular and grass-covered area (dims. 33m E-W; 30m N-S) defined by scarps (H c. 1m) with slight fosses and a ramp entrance (Wth 3m) at W. See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth (23/09/2013) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME038-016

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