Ring-ditch in Flemingtown, County Dublin

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What is recorded here

Located at the SE corner of a large arable field. The ring-ditch, one of a number of cropmark sites W of Balbriggan, is clearly visible on Apple Maps (June 2018). Site comprises a circular ring-ditch (ext. diam. c. 13m) defined by a ditch (Wth c. 2m), where visible.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU001-032

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