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Enclosure in Carker Beg

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In pasture, on NE-facing slope. Indicated on 1842 OS 6-inch map as irregular tree-planted area; on 1906 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps indicated as roughly rectangular area (c. 25m x c. 18m). Circular area (22.4m N-S; 21.1m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.9m; ext. H 0.35m). Interior, lower than surrounding terrain, partially overgrown with bushes; fist-size stones scattered over surface; rock outcropping at N side and in centre.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO017-094

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  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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  • Miguel Angel Masegosa Martínez, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Veggiebenz, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • David P Howard, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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