Enclosure in Curraghtown, County Meath

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What is recorded here

Situated on a slight N-facing slope in a fairly level landscape. This is a slightly raised and grass-covered D-shaped area (dims 144m NE-SW; 120m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (at SW: Wth of base 5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.2m) with some bushes, and an external fosse or drain (at NE: Wth of base 1.5m; ext. D 0.5m) NE-S-W. The straight side is at NW where the enclosure was probably truncated. The only entrance (Wth 3.5m) is at SW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME044-015

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