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Ring-ditch in Shilmore

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Situated on a slight E-facing slope. Archaeological monitoring (02E0160) of a windfarm project identified an arc (int. diam. 10m) of a ditch or trench (Wth 0.4m) which lay partly outside the development area. It remains unexcavated under a hard-core surface in a yard, but its precise location is not known. (Purcell 2002; 2004) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 25 March, 2014

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX053-094

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