Enclosure in Cousane, County Cork

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What is recorded here

In rough pasture on N slopes of Maughanaclea Hills. Named 'Sheep Fold' on O.S. map (1842). Rectangular earthen banks N-S (L 18m; H 0.35m); E-W (L 8.5m; 0.60m). E side of N-S bank survives to S (L 6m; H 0.45m). Numerous gaps (Wth c. 2m).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO106-018

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Ernest Riordan, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Richard Fensome, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Hywel Williams, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Mac McCarron, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
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Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5

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