Enclosure in Middletown, County Dublin

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What is recorded here

The site is in a field of pasture north of Middletown House. Shown on the 1837 edition OS 6-inch map as circular in plan (diam. c. 35m). Not visible at ground level. Cropmark of levelled monument shows a circular-shaped area enclosing a possible house site defined by the cropmark of a larger outer ditch that is visible visible on Apple Maps orthoimage. See attached orthoimage Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Revised by: Caimin O'Brien based on orthoimage provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of revised upload: 31 January 2023

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU015-008

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