Enclosure in Ballydoogan, County Westmeath

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What is recorded here

In grassland, oval-shaped area (dims. c. 65m E-W x 43m N-S) defined by a curving field boundary/watercourse from NW-N-E and elsewhere by a scarp and fosse the outline of which is clearly visible on 2013-2018 MapGenie aerial imagery and on 2011-2013 MapGenie Digital Globe imagery. Small hollow-shaped area visible in E quadrant of enclosure on the 2011-2013 MapGenie Digital Globe satellite imagery. Date of Compilation: 10 November 2025

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM030-137

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