Carraun, barrow in County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

At the W end of an E-W ridge. D-shaped, overgrown platform (dims c. 10m N-S; c. 7m E-W; H 0.3m) defined by a fosse (Wth of top 4.5m; Wth of base 1.7m; D 0.35m) and outer bank (Wth 3.6m; H 0.2m). The monument is truncated by a NE-SW field wall at E, and does not survive SE of this. There is an entrance in the bank and a causeway (Wth 2.5m) at NW (max. ext. diam. 20.5m NE-SW). Ring-barrow (RO035-035001-) is c. 20m to the W. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO035-035002

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