Linear earthwork in Lisdoonan, County Monaghan

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What is recorded here

Situated on a rise in a low-lying area between drumlins. A substantial grass-covered earthen bank (L 35m; Wth 1m at W to 6m; at E; max. H c. 1.5m) with some bushes runs E-W. Date of revised upload: 12 December 2017

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MO028-144

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