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Enclosure in Bannixtown

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In garden and driveway to E of two-storey house. Remains of sub-circular area (dims. 46m N-S; 52m E-W) defined by earthen scarp (Wth 2m; H 0.8m) NW-E-SW, wall SW-W, two-storey house to W and stone wall and entrance W-NW. Scarp (Wth 1.1m; H 1.15m) retained by wall (T 0.15m; H 0.7m) of rubble stone and mortar intermittent NW-E and continuous E-S. Exterior fosse (Wth 2.9m; D 0.6m) NW-E-SW is choked with overgrowth and dead wood SSE-SW. Interior incorporated into garden in eastern two-thirds and into a driveway and turning area in western third.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record TS070-053

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  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Garry Dickinson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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  • Martin Richard Phelan, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
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