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Unlocated enclosure within Derryforn Bog described by Feehan as an enclosure discovered beneath Derryforn Bog two and a half miles south-east of Abbeyleix around 1844, the structure was made of crossed wooden stakes around 150cm high, with another 30 cm of their length buried in the ground beneath the bog, which is about 2.5m deep here (Feehan 1983, 319). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 17 December 2007

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