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Enclosure in Ballyvoneen

Enclosure, large enclosure

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In reclaimed pasture, on the floodplain of the Dead River 190m to N and its confluence with the Mulkear River 210m to NW. Monument identified by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 133: AP 4/3730) as a substantial oval-shaped cropmark which is cut by a drainage channel running WNW-ESE across the NE sector. Monument is visible as an oval-shaped earthwork (approx. dims. 80m NW-SE x 76m NE-SW) on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages taken 18/11/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage and Bruff aerial survey image.
In reclaimed pasture, on the floodplain of the Dead River 190m to N and its confluence with the Mulkear River 210m to NW. Monument identified by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 133: AP 4/3730) as a substantial oval-shaped cropmark which is cut by a drainage channel running WNW-ESE across the NE sector. Monument is visible as an oval-shaped earthwork (approx. dims. 80m NW-SE x 76m NE-SW) on…

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI024-112

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Graham Horn, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • EamonnPKeane, Wikimedia Commons · CC0

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