Ecclesiastical enclosure in Preban, County Wicklow

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What is recorded here

A large roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 126m) is indicated on the 1st ed. 6-inch OS map, with a smaller enclosure with a church in the E quadrant, the E boundary of the smaller enclosure utilises the E boundary of the larger enclosure. A farm lane defines the limit of this enclosure on the W and N sides, no other visible surface trace.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI039-011003

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