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Enclosure in Doory, County Offaly (OF008-038----)

Enclosure

What is recorded here

Levelled in the 1970's during land reclamation in the area. Not visible at ground level. Described by Reynolds (ASI file 1977) as an almost completely levelled subcircular area (diam. 43m NE-SW) defined by a poorly preserved earthen bank with no traces of an external bank.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record OF008-038

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Official monument number
OF008-038----
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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.wessexarch.co.uk
  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
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  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • James Emmans, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
  • Offaly Independent; individual photographer not named, www.offalyindependent.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
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