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Ecclesiastical enclosure in Taghmon

Ecclesiastical enclosure

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Situated on ESE facing slope of a low rise in grassland, surrounded by poorly drained land. The ground rises to the W and S of the site, and views are restricted. A trapezoidal shaped area (approx. dims. 23m N-S; 34m E-W) depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map is enclosed by a bank of earth and stone with an entrance…

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Situated on ESE facing slope of a low rise in grassland, surrounded by poorly drained land. The ground rises to the W and S of the site, and views are restricted. A trapezoidal shaped area (approx. dims. 23m N-S; 34m E-W) depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map is enclosed by a bank of earth and stone with an entrance gap (Wth 2m) at WNW, and a second entrance gap (Wth 3.5m) at W. Traces of cultivation ridges are visible crossing the interior from ESE-WNW. A chapel site (WM012-082---) is located in W quadrant of the enclosure. A larger outer roughly oval-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 125m NE-SW x 200m E-W) is visible on the Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. See attached plan of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM012-082001

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  • Bridget Neville, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Picture: Ireland In Ruins
  • Jeanne dArc at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Kieran Campbell, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • EecherplazGinkgo06.jpg : Cayambe derivative work: Ginkgotree ( talk ), Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Rev William Falkiner (Life time: d 1910), Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Oliver Dixon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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