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Enclosure in Mautiagh

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Situated in rough pasture on a prominent knoll of limestone outcrop, which is on the plateau on the N side of the NW-SE Glenaniff valley. This is a D-shaped grass and heather-covered area (int. dims 49m E-W; 41m N-S) defined by the remains of a stone wall (Wth 1.5-3.5m; H c. 0.2m) attached to the N side of a court tomb (LE004-00901-). It is overlain by a N-S drystone field wall towards the perimeter at W. The original entrance is not identified.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE004-009002

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  • Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Kenneth Allen, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Michael Murtagh, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Richard Webb, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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