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Enclosure in Shanacrane West

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On lower SE-facing slope of Shehy mountains. Roughly circular area (diam. c.24m) defined by stone bank (ext. H 0.8m; Wth 3.5m) SSW->NNE; overgrown scarp NNE->SSW (possibly quarried in places). Interior heavily overgrown with briars and ferns.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO093-025

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