Enclosure in Willville, County Louth

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What is recorded here

The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). dims. 48m E-W, 43m N-S) on aerial photograph (CUCAP, BGL 46m). No visible surface trace.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LH009-007

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