Designed landscape in Headford, County Leitrim

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What is recorded here

Located in pasture on a gentle W-facing slope, and c. 200m N of Headford House (LE032-031001-). A circular copse (diam. c. 25m), undoubtedly a tree-ring, is indicated only on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map. It is not visible at ground level in pasture.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE032-030

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