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Racecourse in Myshall

Racecourse

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Visible on aerial photograph (GSIAP R4/11-12). When inspected by ASI in 1988 it was described as a circular enclosure (D c. 100m) defined by low bank (ext. H 1 - 1.3m) enclosing the summit of a large hill. It appears to have been levelled sometime between 2009 and 2011 (see Google Earth imagery). According to local information it was used as a racecourse in the 19th century.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CW017-041

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