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Ecclesiastical enclosure in Athdown

Ecclesiastical enclosure

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What is recorded here

Situated on the floodplain of Ballydonnel Brook. Semicircular area (50m N-S; 85m E-W) defined by a stony bank (Wth 1m; H 0.5m) and an external fosse (Wth 2m; D 1m) which is possibly a field drain.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI006-012001

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