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Enclosure in Castletown (burren By.)

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Enclosure in Castletown (burren By.)
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In undulating, improved pasture with low-lying ground to the E. Hachured on the OS 25-inch plan (1897) and on the later, Cassini edition (1920) of the OS 6-inch map as a subcircular enclosure (est. diams. c. 25-35m). This may have been referred to by Westropp (1896, 364) when he recorded, ‘Again ascending the ridge [from ‘Cahersavaun’ – CL010-067---- to the SE] we pass a late-looking enclosure, near which, in the rock, are three basins, so regular as to suggest their being artificial.’ No visible surface traces survive. Reference Prehistoric Stone Forts of Northern Clare (Continued), Westropp, T.J., JRSAI, 1896, Vol. 6, No. 4, 362-369. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 31 March 2023

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