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Cashel in Sheepwalk

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On a flat landscape with rock outcrop. Circular grass-covered area (int. diam. 105m N-S; 100m E-W) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 5.7-7.2m; int. H 0.2-0.4m; ext. H 0.6-1m), which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.5m) N of an E-W field bank overlying the site towards the perimeter at N. There is no visible entrance or facing stones. There is no evidence of a church, but the children's burial ground (RO015-002002-) is at the centre.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO015-002001

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  • Maker not stated on source page, www.thejournal.ie
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maker not stated on source page, heritageireland.ie
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  • Breda Durr / Roscommon Herald, www.roscommonherald.ie
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  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
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