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Ring-ditch in Ballyfoyle

Ring-ditch
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Located in a relatively level location (c. 56m OD) in a gently undulating landscape now characterised by tillage and pastoral farming, and c. 480 W of the course of the River Barrow. Located towards the SE corner of a large field in use for tillage purposes at the time of identification (Google Earth August 2022). This field also contains an cropmark enclosure (LA026-037----) and a cropmark field system (LA026-037001-), identified from aerial photographs taken in 1989, which are located c. 310m to the NW and c. 394m to the WNW respectively. This cropmark ring-ditch is clearly visible on Google Earth aerial photograph of the site (August 2022). It consists of a circular feature (ext. dims c. 11.8m N-S x c. 11.04m E-W) defined by a continuous ditch (Wth c. 1.32m) that can be traced along the entire circuit in the above aerial photograph. No evidence for an entrance gap. Compiled by: T.J. O'Meara based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Uploaded on: 13/06/2023 See attached: LA026-059----_01 Google Earth Aerial\Satellite Imagery (date: 11/08/2022) LA026-059----_02 inset of Google Earth Aerial\Satellite Imagery (date: 11/08/2022)

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