Barrow in Killinvoy, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

At the bottom of an E-facing slope. Subcircular grass-covered platform (dims 16m E-W; 13.8m N-S; H 0.2m at W to 1m at E) defined by a fosse (at S: Wth of top 7.2m; Wth of base 2.8m; ext. D 0.5m) and outer bank (Wth of base 6-7m; ext. H 0.2-0.4m), with an outer fosse (Wth of top 4.6m; ext. D 0.8m) SE-SW. The monument is curtailed by a N-S drain and field bank at E, and relict field banks and ditches at W and N. Church (RO042-097001-) is c. 50m to the SW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO042-097004

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