Ring-ditch in Mountusher, County Wicklow

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What is recorded here

Archaeological excavation (Licence No. 02E1434) revealed a circuar area (int. diam. 14.5m; ext. diam. 18.8m) defined by a ditch (Wth 4m; D 0.4-0.7m). The interior contained a post-hole structure and three urn burials. A fourth urn burial had been placed just outside the SW edge of the ditch (Bennett 2004, 538).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI025-051

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