Enclosure in Killinure, County Wicklow (WI042-006----)

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What is recorded here

Situated on level ground partly within a strip of woodland along the S edge of a roadway. Circular enclosure (diam. 30m) defined by an earth and stone bank best preserved at the E and S (Wth 2-2.4m; H 0.2-1m). The entrance (Wth 2m) at the NE is marked by boulder-faced bank terminals. No indication of a fosse or internal features.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI042-006

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