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Enclosure in Fanningstown (smallcounty By.)

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On a slight E-facing slope, in low, wet pasture, with moderate to restricted views in all directions. The Ahanload River lies 50m to E, which marks the townland boundary with Boherload. Enclosure (LI022-240----) 85m to W and ringfort (LI022-045----) 90m to W. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as an oval-shaped cropmark on Bruff Survey aerial photographs (Bruff 50: AP4/3748). Monument surveyed in 2000 by the ASI and described as no surface remains visible. Monument is not visible on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13, although it is visible as a large oval-shaped cropmark (56m E-W; 50m N-S) on Google Earth orthoimages taken 25/05/2017. See attached Bruff Survey aerial photograph and Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 16 August 2020

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