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Enclosure in Ballyvellon

Enclosure

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Marked faintly as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and described as a 'lios' with eroded ramparts (Power 1896a, 173). Situated on fairly level ground. This is a slightly raised, grass-covered circular area (diam. 32m). The sites of a standing stone (WA026-001----) and an ogham stone (WA026-002001-) are c. 75m to the NW and c. 40m to the SE respectively. Power, Rev. P. (1896a) On an ogham inscribed pillar stone recently discovered. WAJ 2, 170-5.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA026-002002

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  • Kieran Campbell, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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  • Philip Halling, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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