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Enclosure in Fourknocks

Enclosure, large enclosure
Enclosure in Fourknocks
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Map note: Find the recorded point for Enclosure in Fourknocks, an enclosure around Fourknocks, County Meath, Ireland. See what else is recorded around this spot before making up the rest.
A possible embanked enclosure (Diam. 90m) identified on Lidar (Dr Steve Davis, UCD. pers. comm.).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME033-052

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  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, in.pinterest.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.youtube.com
  • Zairon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
  • SeoR, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Dvcireland, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • C O'Flanagan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.ireland.com
  • Kieran Campbell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • C O'Flanagan, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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