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Enclosure in Kilknockan

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On the crest of a gentle ridge running N-S, in undulating terrain under pasture. An oval enclosure (diam. NW-SE 38.4m; E-W 35.6m) defined by quite a substantial round-topped earthen bank (int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.4m; Wth at top 1.9m; overall Wth 4.8m) and a poorly defined outer fosse (Wth 2.8m; D 0.4m). The level interior is very wet. There is an entrance (Wth 2m) in the NW quadrant. The bank and fosse are quite denuded in the E and W quadrant. The S quadrant of the monument appears to have been cut across by a later ringwork (TS062-116---). It is likely that the ringwork was deliberately sited to avail of the pre-existing enclosure, probably utilising it as a bailey. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 25 June 2013

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