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Enclosure in Ballykilmurry, County Offaly (OF016-017----)

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Official monument number
OF016-017----
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Not visible at ground level. Depicted as a small circular field enclosure on the first edition of the Ordnance 6-inch map. Not depicted as an antiquity on the first edition OS 6-inch map. Of doubtful antiquity.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record OF016-017

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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