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Enclosure in Windgates

Enclosure

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Partial cropmark of circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 27m) visible on Google earth aerial imagery. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 28/06/2018 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 11 September 2019

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD010-072

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  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, stablediffusionweb.com
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maker not stated on source page, monumentalireland.ie
  • Harold Strong, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.boboandchichi.com
  • VisionsofthePast, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Sheila1988 / Wikimedia Commons, commons.wikimedia.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, readymap.irish
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
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