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Enclosure

Enclosure, large enclosure

What is recorded here

In tillage. A large sub-circular enclosure (dims. c. 74m NE-SW; c. 62m NW-SE) visible as a cropmark on Google Earth (imagery date 14 July 2018) identified and reported by Simon Dowling. A curving field boundary, indicated on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map, defines the NE-E sector. A field boundary, also visible as a cropmark, runs NW-SE c. 5m NE of the enclosure and may be contemporary with it. See attached Google Earth image (imagery date 14 July 2018) Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 29 January 2020
A large sub-circular early-medieval ringfort in Clongarran, likely dating to between the 5th and 10th centuries AD, identified as a cropmark in a tillage field. No specific folklore or historical traditions are recorded for this site.

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