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Enclosure in Ballyphilip West

Enclosure

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Marked as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated just off the crest of the E-facing slope of a S-N spur overlooking the River Blackwater, c. 450m to the E. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 24m) defined by a scarp (max. H 0.7m) NE-SW and a slight dip elsewhere. There is a possible entrance at SW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA034-008

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • E. H. (E. Hayden), Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Hywel Williams, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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  • Hywel Williams, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
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