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Enclosure in Tervoe, County Limerick (LI004-022----)

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LI004-022----
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On low-lying ground, in pasture, overlooking the River Shannon approx. 500m to NE. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map as an oval-shaped tree-planted enclosure (approx. 27m NE-SW; 22m NW-SE) on the grounds of Tervoe estate and approx. 135m to NE of Tervoe House. Levelled monument is not visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 19/11/2019. May have been a designed landscape feature associated with Tervoe House. See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 19/11/2019 Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 19 June 2020

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI004-022

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  • Maker not stated on source page, www.flickr.com
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maker not stated on source page, uk.pinterest.com
  • Bartlett, W. H. (William Henry) H. Griffiths (engraver), Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Stevesphotography, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Ballybrown GAA Club (official club website publisher); individual photographer not named, ballybrowngaa.com
  • David Hawgood, commons.wikimedia.org
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