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Ring-ditch in Ardagh

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Located towards the top of the S-facing slope of the ENE-WSW ridge that is Louth Hill. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 8m) defined by a single continuous fosse feature is visible on Google Earth (2013). It was first identified by Faith Bailey. See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 24 July, 2018

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LH023-011

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  • jai, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • jai, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Kieran Campbell, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
  • Kieran Campbell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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