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Ring-ditch in Erris

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Visible as a small circular enclosure (diam. c. 10m) on aerial photograph (OS 1, 3320-1), and situated on a gentle W and SW-facing slope. It is not visible at ground level in pasture, but it may be an animal track. Rath (RO006-080----) is c. 120m to the NW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO006-081

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  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikivoyage.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.thejournal.ie
  • jbraine, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Real Group Photos / realboyle (Flickr account); individual photographer not stated, www.flickr.com
  • abdallahh from Montréal, Canada, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.tiket.com
  • Stephan van Helden, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
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