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Enclosure

Enclosure, large enclosure

What is recorded here

In level pasture on slight rise, 170m NE of the townland boundary with Elmpark Demesne. Present remains consist of a raised roughly oval-shaped area (dims. 42m NNW-SSE x 56m WSW-ENE) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (H 0.4m; base Wth 3.2m) from NE through to SE and a scarp (H 0.4m; base Wth 2.4m) from SE through to N. The interior is slightly undulating. The outline of the monument is visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 2019. See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 19/11/2019 and 25/03/2017 Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 19 June 2020
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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What survives
Recorded monument

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