Linear earthwork in Magherashaghry, County Monaghan

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What is recorded here

Situated on a broad NE-SW ridge and c. 700m E of the east end of one of the longest surviving portions of the Black Pig’s Dyke (MO021-011----) and c. 250m S of the hilltop enclosure (MO022-005----). A small portion of a defaced earthen bank and ditch aligned N-S (L c. 100m) was considered locally to be part of the linear earthwork. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 20 June 2018

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MO022-023

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