Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Unknown, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Unknown
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- SMR number
- LA023-060----
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The National Monuments Service's description
Unlocated enclosure within Derryforn Bog described by Feehan as an enclosure discovered beneath Derryforn Bog two and a half miles south-east of Abbeyleix around 1844, the structure was made of crossed wooden stakes around 150cm high, with another 30 cm of their length buried in the ground beneath the bog, which is about 2.5m deep here (Feehan 1983, 319).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 17 December 2007
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