Ring-ditch in Mullinam, County Meath

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What is recorded here

Situated on a slight NW-facing slope in a fairly level landscape. The cropmark of a small circular feature (diam. c. 8m) defined by a single continuous ditch feature is visible on Google Earth (24/06/2019). It is also visible on Digital Globe (2017). It was first reported by Jean-Charles Caillére.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME044-043

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