Round Acre, enclosure in County Cork

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What is recorded here

In pasture, atop slight rise, c. 260m N of Awbeg River. Indicated on 1842, 1905 and 1936 OS 6-inch maps as circular field named the 'Round Acre', with farmhouse and yard to NE. Circular area (91m E-W; 88m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.15m) with external fosse (D 0.35m). Fosse waterlogged to N. Breaks in bank to NE, SSE, SSW and NW. Circular enclosure (13639) and ring-ditch (11928) c. 20m and c. 65m to SW respectively.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO007-101

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