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Enclosure in Clonlyon

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What is recorded here

Not visible at ground level. Marked on 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure with field boundary intersecting N side of site.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record OF014-002

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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