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Enclosure in Creevyquin

Enclosure, large enclosure
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What is recorded here

On a gentle S-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 90m E-W; 85m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.9-4.2m; int. H 0.4-0.55m; ext. H 1.3-1.4m) NW-NE and by a scarp (H 0.3-0.4m) elsewhere, with a rounded fosse (Wth of base 2m; D 0.55-0.85m) WNW-NNW. It is overlain by a NNE-SSW field bank towards the perimeter at NW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO040-027

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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  • Irishrover1980, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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