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Excavations in 2006 (06E0176) revealed a storage pit associated with a double-ditched enclosure(DU021-106----). This pit (D 1.45m) produced some animal bone and a charred wooden plank (Mc Carthy, c. 2009, 123).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU021-106001

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