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Enclosure in Caherloughlin, County Mayo (MA120-002----)

Enclosure

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MA120-002----
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What is recorded here

Shown on OS map (1838) as circular enclosure [diam. c. 30m]. Levelled; no visible surface traces. Possibly destroyed during building of nearby canal. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 323.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA120-002

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