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Enclosure in Brownstown Great

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Not recorded on the 1st ed. (1838) of the OS 6-inch map, but shown as an enclosed D-shaped area (diam. c. 30m NW-SE) with a straight NNE-SSW side (L c. 40m) on the current ed. (1939-40) of the map. Visible as tree-covered on a 2010 aerial photograph (OSi Orthophoto).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD028-029

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
  • Published Eason & Son, Dublin & Belfast, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Maker not stated on source page, en.topwar.ru
  • Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
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