Field boundary in Achonry, County Sligo

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What is recorded here

Listed in the SMR (1989) and the RMP (1995) and classified in both as 'Enclosure, possible'. Its inclusion is based on evidence from an aerial photograph (IASAP, 3033062-3) of a curved feature. This is not an enclosure, but is part of a field boundary in a field system (SL038-016002-).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL038-016001

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