Ring-ditch in Laracor, County Meath

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What is recorded here

Situated on top of a slight ridge and just SE of rath (ME036-043001-). Evidence of a possible a double ring-ditch was recovered in test excavation (04E0987) in the form of two arcs of fosses, the inner curved fosse (L 6m; Wth 1.75m; D 0.3m) separated by c. 3-4m from an outer curved fosse (L 7m; Wth 1m; D 0.2m) that had two inhumations on its line that were oriented N-S. (Breen 2007, 2010, 14-16, 44) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 November, 2017

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME036-043002

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