Ring-ditch in Ballystrahan, County Dublin

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What is recorded here

Located in large arable field close to the field’s S boundary, c. 485m E of cropmark enclosure (DU011-124----), a cropmark indicates the presence of a ring-ditch visible on Google Earth imagery ( 24 June 2018; viewed on September 17, 2020). The ring-ditch is circular in plan (ext. diam. c. 10.9m) enclosed by a continuous ditch (Wth c. 1.1m).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU011-169

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