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Moated site in Ballyhobin

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In improved wet pasture, 30m W of a watercourse. Enclosure (LI023-202----) 75m to E. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a substantial subrectangular-shaped earthwork by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 188: AP 4/3688). Monument is visible as a subrectangular-shaped earthwork (approx. 70m N-S; 60m E-W) on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 05/04/2006. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 05/04/2006 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 188.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI023-201

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  • Maker not stated on source page, evoke.ie
  • Garry Dickinson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.gettyimages.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, scotlands-stories.com
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • No machine-readable author provided. Christian1965~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims)., Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Knockane GAA Club website; individual photographer not stated, www.knockane.com
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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