Enclosure in Curraghlawn, County Wicklow

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What is recorded here

Situated on a gentle SE-facing slope. About half of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 32m) truncated at the NW by a public road. The site is defined by an earthen bank (Wth 1.7m; H 1m) with internal drystone facing of a similar character to the surrounding field boundaries. There is an external fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.1-0.2m) with a gap (Wth 2m) at the SE. Within the enclosure are two rectangular hollows, at the SE (L 15m; Wth 5m; max. D 2m) and NE (L 5m; Wth 3m; D 1m).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI039-034

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