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Enclosure in Murragh

Enclosure, large enclosure

What is recorded here

Situated on flat poorly drained lands on the floodplains of the River Clodiagh immediately to S. Outline of large circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 84m) defined by an earthen bank and fosse clearly visible at N and intersected at W and E by field boundaries running N-S. Outline of monument is clearly visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken 18/01/2019. See attached image of Google Earth photograph taken 18/01/2019 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Ed O'Donovan Date of upload: 09 April 2019

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record OF016-082

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Photo credits
  • Jiffy93, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Didier Descouens, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Kieran Campbell, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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