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Enclosure in Cragleagh

Enclosure

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On a slight rise in reclaimed pasture with a SW-NE stream c. 20m to the SE. Hachured as a circular enclosure (diam c. 30m) on the 1842 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as a circular walled enclosure (diam. c. 35m) on the 1921 ed. It is not visible at ground level.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CL033-067

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Computer-made picture. It does not show this playground.
  • Graham Horn, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Yankiv121, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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