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Embanked enclosure

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Embanked enclosure
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At the shoulder of the W edge of a plateau. Circular grass-covered area (int. diam. 74m N-S; 69.2m E-W) defined by a stone spread (Wth 6-7m; H 0.2-0.5m) NE-S, and by a drystone wall and townland boundary (at W: Wth 1m; int. H 1.45m; ext. H 1.6m) with Liscoffey elsewhere. There is no identifiable original entrance. Within is a subcircular area (RO044-024002-) (diam. c. 30m) defined by a stone spread (at N: Wth 8m; H 0.4m) backing onto the perimeter SE-SW with a relict field wall attached at W. There is a rectangular house platform (RO044-024003-) (dims 9.7m NE-SW; 9m NW-SE; H 0.1m) inside the perimeter at W, and a hut-site (RO044-024004-) (int. diam. 8m) defined by an arc of a stone spread (Wth 2.5m; H 0.15-0.25m) E-S-W is inside the perimeter at NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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