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Enclosure in Gortnacullia

Enclosure, large enclosure
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What is recorded here

In flat pasture and scrubland. Poorly preserved circular enclosure (diam. 72m int.) defined by a low bank that is surrounded by a modern field wall. A gap occurs at SSW. A field wall cuts across the monument from N to ESE and the area to the NE of it is densely overgrown with trees.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA128-054

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Photo credits
  • Dr Charles Nelson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Humphrey Bolton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.dreamstime.com
  • John M, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
  • The Clare Echo; photographer not named in the article, www.clareecho.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, ru.pinterest.com
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