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Enclosure in Behy Beg

Enclosure

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A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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What is recorded here

In gently undulating, improved pasture. Farm buildings stand immediately to SE. This enclosure is not shown on the 1837-8 OS 6-inch map. It is depicted on the 1922 edition as a roughly circular area (diam. c. 15m) defined by a double ring of hachuring, truncated at N−NE by a road. No visible trace at ground level. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 4 July 2018
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