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Enclosure in Glencollins Lower

Enclosure

What is recorded here

In pasture, on N-facing slope, in demesne of Model Farm. Indicated on 1842, 1904 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps as roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m), planted with trees. Roughly circular, heavily overgrown area (36.4m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.1m; ext. H 1.4m); narrow external fosse (D 0.2m). Shallow drain-like feature runs inside N bank and concentric with it; not noted to E, area too overgrown to S and W to inspect. Some trees remain in the interior. Locally known as tree ring.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO021-043

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  • Kelly Bros. Ballydesmond; photographer not stated, www.kellysballydesmond.ie
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Adrian King, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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