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Enclosure in Clara Upper

Enclosure, large enclosure

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Indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map as a large circular enclosure (diam. c. 65m). On the 1900 revision of this map only the SW-W-NE portion is indicated suggesting that the NE-E-S portion had been levelled by this date. On Digitalglobe satellite imagery (viewed 9 November 2020) the SW-W-NE perimeter is evident. A field boundary runs immediately outside, and concentric with, the S sector. There is another similar enclosure (KK020-006----) c. 190m to the SE.
Indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map as a large circular enclosure (diam. c. 65m). On the 1900 revision of this map only the SW-W-NE portion is indicated suggesting that the NE-E-S portion had been levelled by this date. On Digitalglobe satellite imagery (viewed 9 November 2020) the SW-W-NE perimeter is evident. A field boundary runs immediately outside, and concentric with, the S sector. There is…

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK020-004

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  • liam murphy, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Didier Descouens, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage

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