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Designed landscape feature in Russborough (WI005-067----)

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WI005-067----
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Listed as an 'enclosure' in the SMR (1986) based on cartographic evidence. A large oval-shaped enclosure (c. 80m N-S;60m E-W) surrounded by a water filled fosse/channel (Wth c. 7m). This is a designed landscape feature on Russborough House demesne.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI005-067

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Photo credits
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • National Bird of Prey Centre (photographer not stated), National Bird of Prey Centre
  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
  • Picture: Wicklow County Tourism
  • Maker not stated on source page, monumentalireland.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, ca.pinterest.com
  • James Allan, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • James Allan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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