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Enclosure in Rosturra

Enclosure

What is recorded here

In dense woodland. Poorly preserved circular enclosure (diam. c. 50m) defined by a low narrow bank of earth and stone (Wth 0.6-0.8m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.6m) and an external fosse (Wth c. 0.4m); the latter is only visible from W to N. The interior of the site and the bank are densely planted with trees.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA126-070

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Photo credits
  • P L Chadwick, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Jason Keane, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • P L Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Brian Nevin, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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