Ring-ditch in Mullacloe, County Louth

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What is recorded here

Situated on a N-facing slope. The cropmark of a small enclosure (int. diam. c. 13m) is visible on an oblique aerial photograph (CUCAP: AYM 024) from July 1969. It is also visible on OSI images (1995), Digital Globe (2011-13) and Google Earth (12/07/2013, 21/07/2021). Enclosure (LH014-105----) is c. 40m to the ENE. See the attached enhanced view from Digital Globe (2011-13) The above description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LH014-033

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