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Enclosure in Shantallow

Enclosure

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

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No visible remains or recorded as destroyed
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What is recorded here

In pasture, located on a level area on a ridge top, with a fall of ground c. 25m to W, providing extensive views. A circular enclosure (diam.20-25m) is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map; it is not shown on later map editions. There is no visible trace at ground level. A minor road, on a N–S, axis crosses the location, bordered at the E by a vegetable garden and a concrete cattle crush.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA111-056

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Photo credits
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Christian Pirkl, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 at
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Geograph contributor · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Nigel Thompson, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0

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