Burnt mound in Cam, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

On low-lying marshy ground. There is local information concerning a spread of broken and burnt stones visible when the field is ploughed, but its precise location is not known. Burnt mound (RO048-191----) is c. 240m to the WNW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO048-190

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